All Workforce articles – Page 106
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NewsWorkforce chief ‘shocked’ by reports of agencies hiking rates
NHS workforce chiefs have expressed concern over reports of recruitment agencies increasing their rates for staff since the coronavirus outbreak, in what appears to be profiteering.
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NewsGive staff free parking government tells trusts
NHS staff should be able to park at work for free after the government reacted to growing calls for trusts to cease charging.
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CommentExclusive: The three vital lessons Italian hospitals have learned in fighting covid-19
Protection for staff, clean covid-negative wards, and enforcing social isolation are the three take home messages from Italy’s fight against covid-19, according to rapid findings shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsGovernment buys 3.5m tests and promises staff checks ‘online soon’
The government has bought 3.5 million coronavirus antibody tests — with more widespread testing of NHS workers coming “online soon”, the health secretary has said.
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NewsExclusive: Staff in ‘near revolt’ over protective gear crisis
Lack of staff testing, workforce shortages and running out of personal protective equipment are the three biggest concerns for trusts fighting the coronavirus outbreak, according to an HSJ chief executive survey conducted over the last 36 hours.
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NewsExclusive: Intensive care staffing ratios dramatically diluted
The staff-to-patient ratios for intensive care are being dramatically reduced as the NHS seeks to rapidly expand its capacity to treat severely ill covid-19 patients, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMental health trusts transfer junior doctors to acute hospitals
Mental health trusts across England are transferring foundation year one doctors to acute trusts to help tackle the covid-19 crisis, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS block books almost all private hospital sector capacity to fight covid-19
NHS England has block booked almost the entirety of the private hospital sector’s services, facilities and nearly 20,000 clinical staff for the foreseeable future to help cope with the surge of covid-19 patients under an unprecedented deal.
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HSJ LocalLondon teaching trust says non-clinical staff must go to work as normal
One of the largest teaching trusts in England has told its non-clinical staff to go into work as normal, as it continues to plan its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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GMC defers revalidations until next year due to coronavirus
Doctors due to revalidate their licences between now and September have been told to delay doing so until next year and focus on their frontline duties.
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Expert BriefingUrgent covid-19 legal changes explained
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentOrganisations can better support NHS staff suffering from stress
To improve NHS staff wellbeing, there is a need to move away from calling for greater individual resilience and towards improved change and support at an organisational level, says Ian Tegerdine.
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Expert BriefingVentilators alone are not enough — the NHS needs staff
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsCovid-19 staff rules relaxed after ‘disaster’ concern
NHS staff can stay in NHS-reimbursed hotels to enable them to continue to work and avoid the national 14-day household isolation policy, NHS England has announced today.
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NewsNHS staff ‘can access covid-19 testing’, government insists
NHS staff are to be given access to testing for covid-19, the government said this morning, but it remains unclear how the policy will be applied.
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NewsAnaesthetists prepare to join ICUs ahead of coronavirus peak
Anaesthetists are set to join intensive care units to help with a potential staff shortage in critical care as a result of increasing coronavirus cases, the professions’ leaders have said.
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NewsExclusive: Doctors told not to fear reprisal during coronavirus outbreak
NHS national leaders are set to reassure doctors they will be supported by their employers and should not fear regulatory reprisals, within reason, if they end up working outside their areas of expertise during the coronavirus outbreak.
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CommentWhat does the NHS staff survey really tell us?
The quality and safety of patient care the system delivers depends on the wellbeing, morale and sustainability of frontline staff members. By Gordon Forbes
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NewsIllustrated: How every trust fares on ‘workforce’ and ‘quality’ risk ratings
For the previous 10 years, analysts Listening into Action have produced a scatter map based on NHS staff survey results, plotting trust ‘performance’ and ‘trend’.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts which will struggle most to deliver quality care in 2020
The trusts which are likely to face the fiercest struggle to deliver quality care in the immediate future have been identified through an analysis carried out exclusively for HSJ.