All Staff wellbeing articles – Page 33
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Stevens: NHS will introduce staff testing for coronavirus next week
Coronavirus testing for NHS frontline staff will be rolled out from this weekend and expanded next week, the government and Sir Simon Stevens announced.
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Workforce chief ‘shocked’ by reports of agencies hiking rates
NHS workforce chiefs have expressed concern over reports of recruitment agencies increasing their rates for staff since the coronavirus outbreak, in what appears to be profiteering.
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Rapid review of PPE guidance ordered by the centre
The government’s chief scientific and medical advisers have ordered a “rapid” independent review of guidance for personal protective equipment, amid confusion and concern about what healthcare workers need for the coronavirus outbreak.
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Expert Briefing
Revealed: The challenges and dilemmas as NHS Nightingale prepares to open
The NHS and Army’s project to convert London’s ExCel into a 4,000-bed field hospital — a plan of unprecedented scale for this country — is grappling with major clinical and cultural tensions, as well as the huge logistical challenge, ahead of its official opening next week.
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Digital ‘passport’ will let staff rapidly deploy to covid-stretched trusts
The NHS is set to roll out a temporary digital staff “passport” to enable staff to move around and between organisations more easily during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Calls for staff parking fees to be scrapped nationally
Trusts have begun scrapping staff car parking charges — and others are being called on to do so — while they tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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Exclusive: The three vital lessons Italian hospitals have learned in fighting covid-19
Protection for staff, clean covid-negative wards, and enforcing social isolation are the three take home messages from Italy’s fight against covid-19, according to rapid findings shared exclusively with HSJ.
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HSJ Interactive
Creating a more inclusive culture in the NHS
BAME representation has significantly improved at the board level due to the work of the Workforce Race Equality team at NHS England – winners of the Workforce Initiative of the Year category at the 2019 HSJ Awards, says Alison Moore
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PPE concerns remain despite ‘Herculean effort’ to get supplies out
Personal protective equipment supplies today started to arrive at some trusts which were reporting shortages yesterday, but concerns remain about stock levels in parts of the country.
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NHS told to ‘up its game’ in helping social care respond to crisis
Significant tensions are emerging between hospitals and care homes around patients who are ready to be discharged but have not been tested for coronavirus and also around personal protective equipment.
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Trusts given further guidance on pregnant staff
Local NHS leaders facing difficult decisions over the deployment of pregnant staff during the coronavirus outbreak received further guidance from national leaders on Thursday, warning the main risks arise in the final three months of pregnancy.
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HSJ Local
London teaching trust says non-clinical staff must go to work as normal
One of the largest teaching trusts in England has told its non-clinical staff to go into work as normal, as it continues to plan its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Organisations can better support NHS staff suffering from stress
To improve NHS staff wellbeing, there is a need to move away from calling for greater individual resilience and towards improved change and support at an organisational level, says Ian Tegerdine.
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Cowper’s Cut: Why fear, risk and trust are key to beating coronavirus
Hello again. I hope the resumption of ‘Cowper’s Cut’ finds you well, and planning your best to stay that way, and of course, to keep your teams well too.
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Expert Briefing
Ventilators alone are not enough — the NHS needs staff
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Hospital cleaners walk out over pay dispute
Cleaners at a London hospital have walked out over a pay dispute just as the service braces for a surge in demand due to coronavirus.
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HSJ Interactive
A trust where everyone contributes to patient care
Humber Foundation Trust, the 2019 HSJ Award winners for Mental Health Provider of the Year, place co-production with staff and patients at the heart of their achievements. Alison Moore reports
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NHS seeks ‘seven-fold’ surge in intensive care capacity
Hospitals should be planning for a massive increase in intensive care capacity to prepare for coronavirus, according to the person leading the NHS’ covid-19 response.
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What does the NHS staff survey really tell us?
The quality and safety of patient care the system delivers depends on the wellbeing, morale and sustainability of frontline staff members. By Gordon Forbes
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Revealed: The trusts which will struggle most to deliver quality care in 2020
The trusts which are likely to face the fiercest struggle to deliver quality care in the immediate future have been identified through an analysis carried out exclusively for HSJ.