All Workforce articles – Page 156
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News'Golden hellos' offered to postgrad nurses to fill staffing gaps
Some postgraduate nurses will be offered £10,000 by the government to tackle staff shortages in specific areas of nursing.
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CommentNHS managers should develop a stronger voice for good management
Speeding up improvements would mean understanding more about good management in the NHS and challenging poor management – less through regulation and more through stronger peer networks, writes Jennifer Dixon
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CommentMaking demand and capacity planning more robust
Paul Stroner gives an update on a programme by NHS England and NHS Improvement that aims to improve demand and capacity modelling in elective care
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HSJ LocalOver 1,000 staff to transfer to trust subsidiary company
Around 1,100 staff at a teaching trust, including many employed by Serco, are to transfer into a new NHS owned company this summer.
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NewsNHS Improvement tells trusts to 'upgrade' workforce plans
NHS Improvement has called on trusts to strengthen their workforce plans, after a review found all of them could be “more robust”.
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NewsHealth secretary backs dedicated NHS and care staff visa
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will raise the prospect of creating a dedicated immigration visa category for health and social care staff with the new home secretary, he has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsRegulator orders review of community team caseloads
A mental health trust has been ordered to carry out an immediate review of community team caseloads after concerns about “ongoing risks” to patients.
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HSJ LocalChief vows to have BME representative on all senior interview panels
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust will no longer have interview panels for senior roles without a representative from a black or minority ethnic background, the chief executive has said.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: How to spend it best: theft, teaching and toxin-taming
Andy Cowper discusses three themes of theft, teaching and toxin-taming that should inform the NHS turnaround strategy
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CommentIncrease the provision of perinatal mental health services to train psychiatrists
We need each generation of perinatal psychiatrists to lead the development of the next and wider teams to be knowledgeable about the issues, risks and care of all women of childbearing potential, writes Dr Liz McDonald
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Royal college revalidation advice 'not consistent' with GMC
A review into medical workforce revalidation has questioned the role of royal colleges and suggested the need for new specialty specific guidance.
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HSJ LocalTrust pulls out of £25m transport contract
An ambulance trust plans to pull out of a five year patient transport contract that it says is “unsustainable” without extra funding.
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HSJ LocalStruggling STP bans 'unhelpful' board member behaviour
A struggling sustainability and transformation partnership has created a list of “helpful” and “unhelpful” behaviours for its board members and plans to hold a “reconciliation event” for system leaders.
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HSJ LocalLeading chief nurse announces retirement
Dame Hilary Chapman, chief nurse at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, has announced she will retire at the end of August after 32 years of nursing.
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HSJ LocalFormer trust chief charged with fraud
A former hospital trust chief executive will appear in court charged with fraud and conspiracy to commit false accounting.
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CommentVolunteering - a game changer in healthcare
If we unlock the full potential of volunteers in the NHS, we could embed a culture where hospitals and communities work more closely together. By Paddy Hanrahan
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NewsFive NHS directors under investigation for fraud
Five current or former directors of NHS organisations are being investigated by the national NHS fraud agency, it has emerged.
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CommentWe are better together and the workforce strategy is proving that
Professor Ian Cumming talks about the upcoming workforce strategy and the implications from this important co-produced piece of work.
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HSJ LocalConsultants fear trust services will be moved under 'shared leadership'
Consultants at a rural acute and community trust have raised fears services will be moved to another provider under a potential shared leadership model.
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' trust to establish nursing academy
An outstanding rated trust has approved plans to set up a nursing academy to train up to 20 new mental health nurses a year.