Workforce
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HSJ InteractiveDiscrimination and inequality cost lives – it’s time to replace virtue signalling with action
Ifti Majid and Danielle Oum explain why clarity of vision is vital as we strive for a healthcare system where ethnicity becomes irrelevant to patient experience and outcomes, as well as staff experience and career prospects
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HSJ InteractiveOur NHS people, Ramadan and covid-19
Dr Habib Naqvi urges Muslim NHS staff to adapt usual religious and cultural practices during Ramadan and follow social distancing to save lives
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HSJ InteractiveBrexit and the NHS workforce: A guide for healthcare leaders
An HSJ and GRI report looks at the possible workforce implications of Brexit
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HSJ InteractiveIs Kark barking up the wrong tree?
Tom Kark QC’s review into the Fit and Proper Persons Test seems to have more bark than bite, says Andrew Davidson
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NewsHospitals to cut 800 jobs
A pair of hospital trusts has outlined plans to reduce its workforce by 7 per cent in 2025-26, in order to cut costs.
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NewsUnion standoff with Mackey over subcos expansion
NHS England’s chief executive has said new NHS subsidiary companies must pay NHS terms and conditions for current and future staff – while Unison has written to trusts to try to prevent the expansion of subcos.
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NewsDon’t call NHSE ‘the biggest quango in the world’, says new chair
NHS England’s new chair has “called out” the language used over NHS England’s abolition, including terms used by the prime minister and health and social care secretary.
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NewsElon Musk offers Streeting help on NHS cuts
The director of the US Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, is keen to provide advice on how to achieve the widespread cuts to NHS manager numbers announced last month.
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CommentThe NHS has much to learn from its overseas staff
Diaspora health workers are a vital bridge between global health systems. Yet, their expertise remains underutilised. It’s time for policy change to unlock their full potential, writes Ben Simms
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NewsZero tolerance ‘won’t fix sexual harassment of staff’
“Cultural transformation” rather than “zero tolerance” is required to overcome widespread sexual harassment by ambulance service staff and patients, according to the person leading national efforts to make improvements.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The never-ending care scandal
After another damning coroner’s report following the preventable death of a baby at a Lancashire hospital, we take a closer look at why the NHS is beset with so many maternity scandals.
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NewsChair denies bullying and coercive behaviour
The outgoing chair of a hospital trust has denied that she was “bullying or coercive”, despite complaints from consultants.
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NewsICB director takes on NHSE finance role
NHS England has appointed an integrated care board director as deputy chief financial officer.
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CommentThe regulation of NHS managers must be fair
Danny Mortimer discusses the need for clear, fair, and proportional regulation of NHS managers, emphasising accountability, professional standards, and transparency in order to improve leadership and protect public safety
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NewsTrust CEO attacks ‘devastating’ benefits cuts
Government reveals highly controversial welfare cuts Tightening PIP criteria expected to impact more than 2 million people Reforms will inflict “huge psychological damage” on disabled people, says trust CEO Controversial welfare cuts could strip support from disabled people and have a “devastating impact”, a trust chief executive has ...
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The week that changed everything
As the dust begins to settle, we unpick one of the busiest weeks ever for NHS news.
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CommentNHS leaders must speak out against the government’s welfare reforms
The recently announced proposals to modify disability benefits will have disastrous effects on disabled people’s income, health and wellbeing, and might harm the NHS on multiple levels, writes Peter Reading
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Expert BriefingOn Call: The workforce issue the NHS cannot solve
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. You are receiving this first edition of On Call because you are signed up for our Patient Safety Watch newsletter. By HSJ workforce correspondent ...
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NewsNew hospitals chief moves to NHSE
The head of the New Hospital Programme is set to move to a new role within the programme from next month, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE workforce bosses to leave
NHS England’s director of HR, and a senior nurse who has led work on NHS staff retention and leadership, are both leaving, HSJ has learned.