Workforce – Page 14
-
NewsNew consultants pay deal backed by BMA leaders
The government has agreed to a new deal on consultants’ pay with union leaders, which will now be put to members.
-
Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Where four out of five CEOs are new
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
-
News‘Limited scope’ for senior manager pay rises warns government
NHS deficits mean there is “limited scope” for senior manager pay rises, the government has claimed.
-
NewsTrust director resigns over ‘dishonesty’
The strategy director of an acute trust has resigned after being suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for dishonesty over a “repeated period of time”.
-
NewsNew director ‘competency’ requirements unveiled by NHSE
NHS board members must speak up against discrimination, challenge others constructively and help foster a safe culture, under a new NHS England assessment framework.
-
NewsStrikes spread to more trusts over backpay dispute
Strike action by healthcare assistants looks set to spread to more trusts, having so far been confined to the North West region.
-
NewsStaffing agency sues trust in framework row
A staffing agency is suing the NHS after it was denied a place on a major procurement framework.
-
NewsTop earners to pay less into NHS pension from April
Top earners will soon pay less into their NHS pension each year, the government has confirmed.
-
Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The threat of regime change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
-
NewsNHSE not recruiting to 900 vacancies despite staff ‘frustration’
NHS England will “hold back” nearly 900 posts in its new structure, despite many staff currently being at risk of redundancy and looking to apply for the roles, it says in a note leaked to HSJ.
-
CommentWhy 1.9% for general practice won’t cut it
The government’s proposed 1.9 per cent funding uplift for general practice this year would undermine providers and their GP partners, argues NHS Confederation primary care network director Ruth Rankine, in a rare intervention in the contract negotiation.
-
CommentA Labour government will need unpopular solutions
The solutions an incoming Labour government would need to bring to bear on the NHS would be challenging, counterintuitive, and often unpopular, say Richard Bourne and Professor Steve Iliffe.
-
HSJ LocalCouncil scheme could cost trust £1.7m a year
A council’s controversial car parking levy is likely to cost an acute trust £1.65m each year for providing spaces, it has calculated.
-
CommentThe NHS is on the right path to combating discrimination
The NHS grapples with diversity challenges, but strides towards inclusivity offer hope for positive change in healthcare, writes Jon Czul
-
NewsOutside CEOs bring ‘positive challenge’ to sector, says review author
The senior leader who carried out a cultural review of the ambulance sector has said bringing in chief executives from outside has “shone a different light” on the service, although she stressed it was not a “silver bullet”.
-
NewsMental health workforce now bigger but ‘less experienced’
The mental health workforce has become less experienced, while roles have expanded unevenly across the sector, research has revealed.
-
Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Fait accompli
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
-
NewsTrust concludes former chief ‘not fit and proper’ after sexual harassment investigation
An NHS trust has concluded that its former chief executive is not a “fit and proper person” to be on an NHS board, after investigating allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsTrust CEOs accuse police of ‘high stakes game of chicken’
Ambulance chiefs have warned that patients are coming to harm, paramedics are being assaulted and control room staff reporting a “high stakes game of chicken” with police during the implementation of a controversial new national care model.
-
NewsNHSE to overhaul mental health leadership
NHS England is recruiting its first ever medical director for mental health and neurodiversity, while its national clinical director for mental health has left.