All Workforce articles – Page 191
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NewsCQC patient expert contract 'not performing'
CQC board meeting reveals Remploy expert by experience contract “not performing” as expected Incumbent experts claim inspections allocated haphazardly as Remploy subcontracts its duties CQC met Remploy to discuss 11 areas where it expects improvement The Care Quality Commission has ongoing concerns over its patient experts contract with ...
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HSJ LocalHospital cleaning company faces loss of £200m contract over poor standards
A privately provided cleaning contract worth £200m will be discussed by board members at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust this week amid “significant concerns” over standards, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalStaffing and leadership monitored at private hospital in special measures
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 ...
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NewsJunior doctors strike action called off
Junior doctor strike action which was planned for the next three months has been suspended, the British Medical Association announced this evening.
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NewsSurvey: HCAs being used as 'nurses on the cheap'
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.
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HSJ LocalGloucestershire finance director got six months' pay on resignation
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 ...
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NewsMerger CCGs appoint joint chair for new board
Three clinical commissioning groups have appointed a chair for a new joint board being established ahead of their planned full merger.
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HSJ LocalChair reappointed at major acute trust
WORKFORCE: The chair of London North West Healthcare Trust has been reappointed for another two years.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health chair resigns
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 ...
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CommentWe need emotional humans, not employee automatons
NHS staff need a sense of psychological safety in order to overcome the fear to question, take risks and fail
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CommentExactly what we need in a workforce strategy
There is a pressing need for a comprehensive workforce strategy for the NHS
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HSJ LocalTrust makes controversial pension offer to reduce vacancies
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 ...
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NewsStevens: Southern Health controversy 'undermined public confidence'
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 ...
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HSJ LocalTwo hospital chiefs step down ahead of disciplinary hearings
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 ...
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NewsStevens: Junior doctor strikes risk harm to patients
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 ...
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CommentTested, peer reviewed and inspiring: meet HSJ Solutions
Deborah Tarrant says our new database of validated best practice in the NHS will help future leaders learn and stay ahead
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust's former directors refuse to return unauthorised payments
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 ...
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NewsBMA calls off next week's junior doctors strike
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.
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NewsHEE unveils measures to 'improve quality of life' for junior doctors
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 ...
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HSJ LocalRCS review: Infighting at teaching trust risked patient care
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.