All Workforce articles – Page 112
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Filling the leaky bucket
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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NewsEx-DH and trust director admits fraud over degree lie
A former hospital trust director has admitted a charge of fraud after lying about having a degree.
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HSJ LocalMental health trusts to share chair
Two mental health trusts in the East Midlands will share a joint chair from next year.
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HSJ LocalTrust denies ‘conflict of interest’ over bullying probe appointment
An ambulance trust has denied “conflict of interest” allegations surrounding the appointment of an HR consultant who is leading a fresh probe into bullying claims.
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NewsExclusive: Leaked NHSE/I workforce plan reveals reliance on nursing associates
National plans to increase nurse staffing by more than 40,000 depend on an assumption that recruiting thousands of new nursing associates will reduce “demand” for registered nurses by 10,000, according to modelling leaked to HSJ.
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Expert BriefingMindless retendering
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsNHSE/I appoint flexible working chief
NHS England and Improvement have appointed a head of flexible working as they look to improve recruitment and retention in the service, they have confirmed.
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CommentHealth and care workforce being hollowed out
For the foreseeable future the NHS and social care system will be very reliant on international workers to prevent staffing shortages from impacting on patient care and acting as a brake on ambitions to improve quality, writes Anita Charlesworth
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Expert BriefingThe dearth of system leaders
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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NewsPCNs permitted to pay charities’ management costs
NHS England has made it easier for charities to be involved in primary care networks — by allowing ringfenced budgets to be used to pay for third party management costs.
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CommentWe need a workforce fit for the needs of those living with chronic cancer
Policy makers should keep the increasing population with treatable but not curable cancer in mind and ensure there is a clear plan to grow and fund a cancer workforce fit for the future, exhorts Lynda Thomas
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NewsCQC staff lose 26,000 work hours to IT issues
Care Quality Commission staff claim they have lost more than 26,000 work hours due to IT issues in the space of a year.
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NewsFT’s staff survey raised major concerns ahead of chief quitting
Staff at a foundation trust raised concerns in a survey about discrimination and safety reporting, shortly before its chief executive quit blaming the “financial and regulatory environment”.
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NewsTrust drops controversial subsidiary plans after new CEO joins
A teaching trust has scrapped controversial plans to set up a subsidiary company — a move which campaigners hailed as “extremely good news” for NHS staff.
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NewsSecond NHS manager re-employed shortly after redundancy
An NHS manager who left with a £200,000 redundancy package returned to work two months later as a consultant with NHS England.
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CommentDefining the professional NHS manager
Once NHS managers are framed properly as a profession, the doctor, the regulator, the media and the politician might have less excuse to target them. By
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NewsTories vow to curb NHS competition by March
Compulsory competition would largely be removed from the NHS and the law changed to give integrated care systems more formal powers within three months of a new Conservative government taking power, the party has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: All change at HEE
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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NewsLib Dems pledge extra £7bn a year for health funded by tax rise
The Liberal Democrats have set out their manifesto pledges on the health and social care system, which they say “are in a state of crisis”.
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NewsRegulator plans greater oversight of local investigations
The General Medical Council is planning to work more closely with NHS trusts and other organisations on how they investigate staff conduct locally.