All Workforce articles – Page 185

  • mental health child
    HSJ Local

    Staffing and leadership monitored at private hospital in special measures

    2016-09-26T07:00:00Z

    NHS England is closely monitoring staff “capacity and capability” at Huntercombe Hospital in Stafford after damning CQC report One ward remains closed and two have capped capacity CQC has completed a follow-up inspection, which the hospital says found improvements The “capacity and capability” of staff at the Huntercombe ...

  • Doctor strike Jan 2016
    News

    Junior doctors strike action called off

    2016-09-24T21:11:00Z

    Junior doctor strike action which was planned for the next three months has been suspended, the British Medical Association announced this evening. 

  • Healthcare assistant
    News

    Survey: HCAs being used as 'nurses on the cheap'

    2016-09-23T13:49:00Z

    Almost 40 per cent of healthcare assistants say they have not received the training necessary to provide the care they are expected to deliver, according to a survey published today.

  • Cheltenham general hospital
    HSJ Local

    Gloucestershire finance director got six months' pay on resignation

    2016-09-21T18:02:00Z

    Helen Simpson received at least £72,500 as six months’ pay in lieu of notice Finance director resigned from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust after £13.4m downward revision in trust’s finances Chief executive pledges to make referral to professional bodies if review finds wrongdoing at trust A finance director at ...

  • Birmingham
    News

    Merger CCGs appoint joint chair for new board

    2016-09-21T10:54:00Z

    Three clinical commissioning groups have appointed a chair for a new joint board being established ahead of their planned full merger.

  • Peter Worthington
    HSJ Local

    Chair reappointed at major acute trust

    2016-09-20T10:48:00Z

    WORKFORCE: The chair of London North West Healthcare Trust has been reappointed for another two years.

  • Tim Smart
    HSJ Local

    Southern Health chair resigns

    2016-09-19T15:58:00Z

    Tim Smart stands down as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust Trust says resignation is for “personal reasons” Mr Smart had received criticism for the terms of Katrina Percy’s resignation as chief executive Tim Smart has resigned as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust after less ...

  • Richard Taunt
    Comment

    We need emotional humans, not employee automatons

    2016-09-16T11:35:00Z

    NHS staff need a sense of psychological safety in order to overcome the fear to question, take risks and fail

  • Jon_Restell
    Comment

    Exactly what we need in a workforce strategy

    2016-09-14T14:49:00Z

    There is a pressing need for a comprehensive workforce strategy for the NHS

  • Lister Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Trust makes controversial pension offer to reduce vacancies

    2016-09-14T12:25:00Z

    East and North Herts Trust to offer a higher salary to new nurses if they opt out of NHS pension NHS Pension Board previously raised concerns that similar scheme at Oxleas FT “induced” staff to choose pension opt-out NHS Improvement aware of ENHT’s decision for “some time” A ...

  • Simon Stevens
    News

    Stevens: Southern Health controversy 'undermined public confidence'

    2016-09-13T11:24:00Z

    Simon Stevens says at “Southern Health, patients and families have been let down and public confidence undermined” Follows Katrina Percy resigning as chief executive but retaining salary NHS England chief executive says NHS “can’t justify examples of what can come across as self-serving behaviour” Mr Stevens warns it is ...

  • Southport and Formby district general hospital
    HSJ Local

    Two hospital chiefs step down ahead of disciplinary hearings

    2016-09-12T15:51:00Z

    Sheilah Finnegan and Sharon Partington were “excluded” in August 2015, pending an investigation into allegations made by a whistleblower. Along with chief executive Jonathan Parry, they were due to face a disciplinary panel. Trust has refused to explain the nature of the allegations. Two senior officers have left ...

  • Simon Stevens
    News

    Stevens: Junior doctor strikes risk harm to patients

    2016-09-07T13:52:00Z

    NHS England chief executive warns “no good will come of strikes” and patients’ safety cannot be guaranteed NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has waded into the junior doctors’ strike row, warning that “no good for patients” will come from the proposed strikes and that patient safety cannot ...

  • People using iPad
    Comment

    Tested, peer reviewed and inspiring: meet HSJ Solutions

    2016-09-06T07:00:00Z

    Deborah Tarrant says our new database of validated best practice in the NHS will help future leaders learn and stay ahead

  • Royal Liverpool University Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Trust's former directors refuse to return unauthorised payments

    2016-09-06T07:00:00Z

    Two former non-executive directors at Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust who received unauthorised payments have refused to repay the money Independent report revealed how the trust ignored its own legal advice by making extra payments to chair and five non-executive directors National Audit Office has raised concerns ...

  • BMA picket line
    News

    BMA calls off next week's junior doctors strike

    2016-09-05T16:20:00Z

    WORKFORCE: The British Medical Association has suspended next week’s planned strike action, after being told by NHS England that services “cannot cope with the notice period” that was given.

  • Doctor looking at xray
    News

    HEE unveils measures to 'improve quality of life' for junior doctors

    2016-09-05T12:31:00Z

    Health Education England revels plans to improve junior doctors’ quality of life Proposals include new targets for trusts to provide information, reviewing rotation periods and annual competency checks Doctors have expressed discontent with education and training system The number of times junior doctors rotate through NHS hospitals could ...

  • St George’s Hospital
    HSJ Local

    RCS review: Infighting at teaching trust risked patient care

    2016-09-05T07:00:00Z

    WORKFORCE: Infighting between senior medics at two departments of a major teaching hospital could have put patients at risk, according to a report obtained by HSJ.

  • Sir David Dalton
    News

    David Dalton disputes BMA claim on seven day services

    2016-09-03T00:01:00Z

    DH releases confidential documents from Acas talks showing BMA was offered detailed statement on seven day services Statement including pledge for more clinical staff and that focus of seven day services would be emergency care only Sir David Dalton said the BMA asked for the statement not to be ...

  • Paula Clark
    HSJ Local

    Midlands trust reveals new chief executive

    2016-09-02T10:35:00Z

    APPOINTMENT: The chief executive of a major West Midlands acute trust is to take on the top job at the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust.