All Workforce articles – Page 132
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NewsGP networks need new leadership, says NHS England lead
Primary care networks typically need a new style of leader, rather than transferring them from clinical commissioning groups or elsewhere, NHS England’s primary care lead has said.
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CommentVolunteers must have a clearly defined role
Staff and patients must be clear on the benefits that volunteers can bring to the future of our health system, writes Sam Ward
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NewsNursing will take 'place at decision-making table' – new CNO
Nursing is going to “take [its] rightful place at the decision-making table” to ensure “nursing is built into all plans in the future”, the new chief nursing officer for England has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The growing pensions crisis
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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HSJ InteractiveDriving retention by supporting doctors
An HSJ supplement exploring the leadership behaviours and working environments that will help doctors achieve long and successful careers
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NewsNo substitute for graduate nurses – Stevens
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said there is “no substitute” for graduate nurses and “we have got to see a meaningful expansion” of training places.
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Event listingPlaces still available for the HSJ Provider Summit
Places are still available for the prestigious HSJ Provider Summit, the year’s most exclusive gathering of the provider sector’s leading figures.
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NewsMaternity probe now considering more than 250 cases
An independent inquiry into alleged poor maternity care at an NHS trust is now considering more than 250 separate cases, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe NHS must prepare for the global workforce war
As a worldwide healthcare workforce crisis gathers pace, the NHS can play a major role in boosting productivity in the UK in view of Brexit, says Mark Britnell
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NewsOmbudsman discriminated against dyslexic employee
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman may have to pay damages to a dyslexic former employee after a tribunal decided it had discriminated against a disabled worker.
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News'Breakdown in relations' between A&E consultants and board
A struggling trust has been warned about a “breakdown” in the relations between its executive board and emergency consultants.
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NewsMental health trusts reporting high levels of violence
Mental health trusts are continuing to experience higher than average incidences of violence against staff, the NHS staff survey has shown.
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NewsHome Office extends salary exemption for international nurses
Nurses and other NHS workers will continue to be exempt from the minimum salary requirement for a tier 2 visa, the Home Office has confirmed.
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NewsBMA consultants to pull out of doctors' pay review body
The British Medical Association’s consultants committee is to withdraw from the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body after a vote by the union’s consultant members.
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NewsResponsibility for NHS workforce to be devolved locally
Local areas will be given much greater control over NHS workforce policy with responsibilities being devolved to local areas from national bodies, a letter to NHS chief executives has revealed.
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HSJ LocalTrust's 'goldfish bowl' A&E has significant nurse shortages - CQC
A trust in special measures has been ordered to take immediate action, after inspectors warned it was failing to safely staff its emergency department.
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NewsNew regulator chief to put spotlight on 'systemic' failings
The new chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has told HSJ she wants the regulator to highlight more of the systemic failings which underpin concerns about individual nurses.
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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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HSJ LocalTrust announces replacement for sacked chief
Gateshead Health Foundation Trust has announced a permanent replacement for the chief executive it sacked in September.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust appoints new chief
An East Midlands mental health trust has announced it has appointed a new chief executive.