Workforce – Page 205

  • Jeremy Hunt 2014
    News

    Hunt: Trusts to start publishing avoidable mortality rates this month

    2016-03-11T12:37:00Z

    Jeremy Hunt tells international summit that avoidable rates for each trusts will be published this month Mr Hunt says push for openness and “no blame” culture part of NHS learning from incidents Experts have previously warned avoidable mortality rates for trusts would be “meaningless” NHS hospitals in England ...

  • Stressed office worker
    News

    Trusts must reduce staff stress to get bonus payments

    2016-03-10T11:16:00Z

    NHS providers will be expected to reduce stress and musculoskeletal problems among their staff to access incentive payments next year.

  • Hospital at night
    News

    Exclusive: Hospitals forced to cut night cover due to staff shortages

    2016-03-10T07:00:00Z

    Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals cuts medical nightshift cover on wards due to vacancies Oxford University Hospitals forced to stop training for one doctor and has ultrasound backlog Monitor insists agency cap is helping trusts and says patient safety remains priority Hospitals have been forced to reduce medical ...

  • Phil_Hammond
    Comment

    Contract ceasefire would allow us to evaluate safety and funding

    2016-03-09T12:11:00Z

    Phil Hammond suggests a way forward in the junior doctors’ dispute

  • Harry harron 3x2
    Comment

    The NHS's overseas recruits need our help to succeed

    2016-03-09T07:10:00Z

    The influx of EU doctors and nurses to plug NHS staffing gaps is doomed to failure without the right support

  • Bassetlaw hospital
    HSJ Local

    Senior managers censured after 'deliberate financial misreporting'

    2016-03-09T07:00:00Z

    Four managers at Doncaster and Bassetlaw FT face disciplinary action Investigation finds the trust misreported finances for 15 months Report says financial position was “deliberately misreported” Finance director resigned in October WORKFORCE: Four senior managers are facing disciplinary action over the serial misreporting of accounts at an acute ...

  • Nurse hospital doctor
    News

    All deaths in England to be investigated by medical examiner

    2016-03-09T00:01:00Z

    Medical examiners to reveiw all deaths in England and Wales from April 2018 Jeremy Hunt to implement recommendation of Dame Janet Smith after 7 year delay Medical examiner pilots found one in four hospital death certificates were inaccurate All deaths in England and Wales will be investigated by ...

  • Justice
    News

    Government lawyers say BMA judicial review 'bound to fail'

    2016-03-08T17:08:00Z

    Letter from Government Legal Department says government gave proper regard to equality issues in junior doctors’ contract Letter references HSJ story that revealed BMA’s lawyers warned judicial review would not prevent imposition Junior doctors to start first of three 48 hour strikes on Wednesday The government’s lawyers have ...

  • Purse
    News

    All NHS staff to get 1 per cent pay rise

    2016-03-08T11:25:00Z

    Department of Health accepts overall 1 per cent pay rise for all NHS staff NHS Pay Review Body raises concerns over use of agency caps for NHS staff Review body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration says it may target pay in future All NHS staff will receive a ...

  • Adrian Bull
    HSJ Local

    New chief executive for 'inadequate' trust

    2016-03-08T11:07:00Z

    WORKFORCE: A hospital trust with an “inadequate” rating has appointed a new chief executive.

  • Lord Willis
    News

    Lord Willis criticises ‘meaningless’ Carter staffing metric

    2016-03-08T07:00:00Z

    Chair of the Shape of Caring Review says his work was “not factored in” to Carter review Lord Willis says Lord Carter’s care hours metric is “too blunt a tool” Department of Health accepts the metric is not used in other countries as was originally claimed The Carter ...

  • Nurse
    News

    Health Education England defends new nursing associate role

    2016-03-08T07:00:00Z

    HEE director of nursing says role is not designed to be a substitute for registered nurses Lord Willis says NMC regulation and CQC focus on safe staffing are key safeguards Consultation on new role closes on Friday The new nursing associate role should not be used by NHS ...

  • Mowbray 3x2
    Comment

    Resilience is not enough

    2016-03-07T07:00:00Z

    Resilience is needed to help overcome the situations that arise daily from patients and their needs, it shouldn’t be required for dealing with issues arising from within the organisation itself. Derek Mowbray writes

  • Mike Durkin
    News

    NHS patient safety chief says doctors’ contract is 'not dangerous'

    2016-03-04T15:49:00Z

    Mike Durkin says new contract addresses “failings” in current agreement He urges “dialogue” and for doctors to “press their representatives to talk to employers” Warns people can “fall into positions… that owe more to institutional or group loyalty than to the evidence” NHS England’s national director for patient ...

  • Pay slip
    News

    Regulator lobbied government to increase trust chairs’ pay

    2016-03-04T07:00:00Z

    Letters reveal how TDA chair lobbied ministers to increase the salary cap for NHS trust chairs Sir Peter Carr referred to perceived “injustice” felt by some trust chairs, whose salaries were in “stark contrast” to those at FTs Department of Health has no plans to increase standard rates ...

  • Nick goodman3x2
    Comment

    Jim Mackey must sweep away public and staff engagement inertia

    2016-03-03T15:16:00Z

    Nick Goodman on how NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey must make people engagement a top priority

  • Mick Martin
    News

    PHSO knew about deputy’s involvement in cover-up seven months ago

    2016-03-03T07:00:00Z

    Tribunal found deputy ombudsman Mick Martin was involved in covering up sexual harassment at Derbyshire Healthcare FT Dame Julie Mellor received a copy of the tribunal judgment from the victim in July 2015 PHSO refused to answer questions about Mr Martin’s involvement or Dame Julie’s response The parliamentary ...

  • Sir David Dalton
    News

    Sir David Dalton named top chief executive for third year

    2016-03-02T07:00:00Z

    Third HSJ Top Chief Executives list revealed Sir David Dalton’s achievements at Salford Royal and nationally highlighted by judges Twenty-two women in the list of 50 Sir David Dalton has been named as the leading provider chief executive in the NHS for the third year in a row, ...

  • Dame_Julie_Moore
    Supplements

    HSJ Top Chief Executives 2016

    2016-03-02T07:00:00Z

    HSJ’s third annual list celebrates the NHS leaders whose contributions and vision stand out in challenging times.

  • Alastair McLellan
    Leader

    The influencers on our list hold sway across the health economy

    2016-03-02T07:00:00Z

    Our third Top Chief Executives List is not intended simply as a historical record of who did well in their own organisation over the last year