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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NewsEleven unions raise grievance over office working
Eleven unions have launched a formal collective grievance with NHS England over its order that staff spend more time in their office, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: What 2026 means for strikes
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. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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NewsExclusive: New national mental health director revealed
An integrated care board chief and former mental health trust leader is set to be appointed as the new national director for mental health and learning disabilities.
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NewsBiggest GP chain aims for 1m patients after profit tops £4m
England’s largest provider of GP services plans to grow to cover one million patients in the next few years, its CEO has told HSJ, while its annual EBITDA has topped £10m.
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NewsEx-banker made chair of hospital group
A group chair has been appointed at two hospitals in Surrey to “strengthen continuity” between the organisations.
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NewsMore strikes unlikely amid ‘increasingly positive’ negotiations, says doctors’ leader
A resident doctors’ leader has predicted that further strike action is unlikely, thanks to “increasingly positive” and “constructive” negotiations.
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NewsDoctors renew strike action on 53% turnout
Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of renewed strike action – but only narrowly passed the 50 per cent turnout required for a legal mandate.
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CommentThe plan to regulate managers is well-intentioned but dangerous
Chief nurses are not opposed to accountability for managers and leaders – but they think the government has designed the wrong system
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NewsOne in four NHSE staff seek redundancy
More than a quarter of NHS England’s workforce have applied for voluntary redundancy, the organisation has told staff.
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News‘Evidence-free’ mandatory training to be rationalised, says CEO
A leading trust chief executive has said mandatory staff training is an “evidence-free zone” and its impact on patient outcomes is “very difficult to work out”.
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CommentCompassionate leadership is not just about ‘being nice’
Compassionate leadership isn’t the problem for the NHS; practising it superficially is. Real compassion already includes clarity, boundaries, and action
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NewsCEO who led recovery from care scandal retires
A chief executive who led the overhaul of a trust at the centre of an abuse scandal has announced her retirement after nearly five decades in the health service.
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News‘Disconnected’ staff report bullying and blame culture
A hospital trust’s staff feel disconnected from senior leaders and are often concerned about bullying and harassment, two external reviews have found.
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NewsDHSC-NHSE merger timetable revealed
The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have revealed a full timetable for merging their functions.
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NewsProviders ‘extending waiting times due to staffing cuts’
Eight in 10 NHS physiotherapists have reported they do not have enough staff to meet demand, up by 10 percentage points since 2024.
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HSJ PartnersWe digitised decisions. Now we must digitise delivery.
The NHS holds more clinical data than ever, yet patient flow remains a daily struggle. Not because digital transformation has failed – but because we digitised decisions while leaving delivery analogue.