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News
Mental health trusts drive increase in female board directors
Mental health trusts have seen the biggest rise in female representation at board level over the last three years, while the North East has emerged as an outlier in achieving gender equality, new research has revealed.
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News
One in three trusts have entirely white boards
One in three trusts still have entirely white boards, according to new data published by the NHS Confederation.
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News
Slow progress on gender balance for NHS boards
Achieving an even gender balance on NHS organisations’ boards by 2020 is now a “much harder task” than it was a year ago, as only a quarter of providers have so far met the target.
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News
Gender balanced boards ‘good for safety’
Gender-balanced boards at NHS organisations result in “better care and safer care”, according to the leader of the Health and Care Women’s Leaders Network.
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News
Women NHS leaders offered industry internships to help 'create level playing field'
Women leaders in the NHS are being offered customised internships outside the health service to boost their skills and launch them into executive director roles.
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Report: Force NHS boards to publish gender balance data
NHS organisations should be forced to publish data on the gender balance of their boards and senior management teams, a new report backed by NHS Improvement has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: why culture is the big career killer for women
HSJ’s panel identified ‘micro inequalities’ and the return of macho culture as key factors stifling greater gender equality in healthcare leadership
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HSJ Knowledge
Careers and family life don't have to be mutually exclusive
There is so much we can do to create an NHS in which women are encouraged to apply for leadership roles, writes Nikita Kanani
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HSJ Knowledge
Stella Rimington: 'Women are accepted in top positions now'
Dame Stella Rimington recounts her journey as a spy, counter terrorism head and the first woman to become the director general of MI5
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News
FTSE 100 companies’ 'top talent' could fill NHS board roles
IBM and Barclays among companies in discussion with NHS Improvement to fill non-executive positions Fifteen companies are so far part of plan to source “top talent” from private sector for trust boards NHS Improvement developing board support strategy and an ambition of 50/50 gender balance on boards by 2020 ...
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Comment
Women have conquered space but gender equality is still one big step away
When gender balance at high profile events doesn’t become a talking point, proper progress will have been made
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Comment
A diverse workforce is essential to tackle the challenges of NHS finance
A diverse leadership which bears a strong resemblance to its community is better able to deliver patient-focused care
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HSJ Knowledge
We must open up the discrimination battle to all types of allies
Let’s not restrict to women our campaigns against bias in the NHS - they’re not the only ones who face prejudice
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News
HSJ Live 16.03.16: What the budget means for health
Budget 2016: Sugar tax to be introduced on drinks Budget 2016: Employers will have to contribute an extra £2bn to public sector pensions in 2019-20 Fines levied on banking sector will be used to pay for NHS pr0jects Several NHS leaders announce support for 50:50 by 2020 target. Find ...
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NHS told half of all board directors should be women
The NHS has embraced a target to achieve gender balanced boards.
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Comment
Women: Victims or champions of change?
Karen Castille discusses the dangers of creating a victim culture and why women should instead take on the role of change champion
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Leader
Let’s aim for 50:50 by 2020
Is an equal gender split on NHS boards within the next four years a reasonable target?
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Comment
Capitalising talent: Plan for action on gender equality
Every January we all start out with renewed vigour to meet our New Year’s resolutions. Then we encounter the main problem – implementation. Penny Newman Penny Newman This is true of NHS change projects too: so many good intentions, discussions, research and papers, but implementation is often ...
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Let's reward diverse boards
Award schemes should stop rewarding organisations with unrepresentative boards, says Debbie Sorkin