All Workforce articles – Page 18
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NewsDisabled staff now twice as likely to face capability review
Disabled NHS staff are more than twice as likely to enter capability processes based on performance than their colleagues, according to NHS England.
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NewsRevealed: Best trusts for raising concerns and being inclusive
The share of a trust’s staff who say it respects differences, and how much confidence they have to speak up, are two of the most strongly linked answers in the NHS Staff Survey, HSJ analysis has found. Our chart reveals the strongest and weakest organisations on those measures.
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NewsGrowth in minority ethnic NHS staff almost three times greater than increase in white workers
The number of NHS staff from ethnic minority backgrounds has soared over the last five years, rising from less than one in five in 2018 to more than one in four in 2023, according to information released by NHS England.
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NewsLeaked national tech workforce plan proposes local pay rises
The NHS’s new “digital workforce plan” is set to propose that employers be given the ability to make “extensive use” of local recruitment and retention incentives to ensure the service can compete for the most talented technology staff.
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NewsThousands still waiting for pay bonus after year-old pledge
Social enterprises working with the NHS have written to health secretary Victoria Atkins calling for the promised “covid bonus” to be paid to them urgently.
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News£6bn deficit warning sparks ‘horrible’ demands for nationwide cuts
Local NHS organisations are facing intense “pressure” from NHS England’s national and regional teams to cut staffing numbers to improve the service’s financial outlook for 2024-25.
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NewsTrust ordered to make second £400k-plus payment to a whistleblower
A trust which last year was ordered to pay a whistleblowing nurse nearly £500,000 must now give a surgeon £430,000 to compensate him for the racial discrimination and harassment he faced after raising patient safety concerns.
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CommentNHS leaders are entering dangerous territory as election nears
Matthew Taylor explains how the NHS leaders face mounting pressure from the government’s productivity demands amid insufficient support and funding, risking short-term fixes over long-term solutions
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NewsICB warned of ‘large financial risk’ from HCA wage claim
NHS organisations across Surrey are to review healthcare assistants’ pay in the face of potential strike action at one trust.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Trouble in the Black Country
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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NewsSecond director leaving ‘40 new hospitals’ programme
A second executive director leading the government’s New Hospitals Programme has announced his departure.
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NewsJust a quarter of CQC staff believe its leaders have the right values
The latest staff survey results for the Care Quality Commission suggest a significant drop in confidence in the regulator’s leaders.
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CommentSustaining the, apparently, unsustainable
Anita Charlesworth and Malte Gerhold explore the impact of last week’s budget on the NHS.
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NewsNew NHSE director to lead £1.5bn savings programme
NHS England has appointed a senior director to lead an “ambitious” £1.5bn efficiencies programme.
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NewsTrust’s treatment of Muslims heavily criticised by board director
A board director has publicly criticised his trust for its treatment of Muslim staff and patients.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust CEO leaving after 13 years
The chief executive of an “outstanding” rated community trust is to step down after 13 years in the role.
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NewsStaff shortages putting A&E crisis support target at risk
A national survey, seen by HSJ, has raised concerns about the “sustainability, quality and consistency” of mental health crisis support services in emergency departments.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalLong-time provider CEO joins struggling trust
One of the worst performing acute trusts for emergency care has appointed a new interim leader who comes from an eight-year break from English CEO roles.
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NewsRevealed: the best and worst NHS organisations to work at in every region
HSJ has analysed the 2023 NHS Staff Survey results to reveal the best, and worst, trusts to work at, according to their staff.