All Workforce articles – Page 27
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: A plan with uncertainty
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, this week by HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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CommentThe overlooked role of analysts in the NHS long-term plan
Andi Orlowski talks about the recent NHS workforce plan overlooking the importance of analysts in implementing data and AI innovations, despite their crucial role in training staff, evaluating algorithms, and ensuring equitable outcomes and the need for recognition and investment in this professional workforce
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HSJ Local‘Helpless’ CEO’s report expresses ‘extreme concern’ over doctors strikes
Acute trust leaders have expressed ‘extreme concern’ over their ability to maintain safe services in the upcoming junior doctor and consultant strikes.
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CommentAgency staff keep the NHS on its feet and deserve the government's respect
Agency staff deserve more respect than the NHS workforce plan shows them, with the plan being based on a poor understanding of NHS staffing costs, and failing to present a cohesive strategy to make effective use of agencies, writes Kate Shoesmith
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CommentAs a priest I believe the workforce plan is an insufficient tribute to NHS staff
The Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally highlights the significance of adopting a comprehensive perspective, providing aid to healthcare professionals, and tackling health disparities to ensure the future well-being of the nation on the occasion of the NHS’s 75th anniversary.
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NewsBullying and safety concerns raised by ‘outstanding’ hospital’s juniors
An inspection of an ‘outstanding’ hospital has revealed concerns about unsafe staffing, as well as bullying and undermining behaviour.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: NHSE’s handling of Christie whistleblowing case faces judicial review
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentGushing endorsement of workforce plan was premature
David Oliver writes about the publication of the NHS long-term workforce plan while criticising the perfunctory praise it received, highlighting concerns about retention, dilution of skill mix, lack of postgraduate training support, and inadequate consideration of non-clinical roles
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News‘Outstanding’ trust names interim chief
East London Foundation Trust has named an interim chief executive, following the departure of her predecessor to lead its neighbour.
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CommentA masterclass in turning embarrassment into celebration
The NHS has finally produced its ‘first ever’ workforce plan. What ought to be a cause for embarrassment is a source of immense pride. By Julian Patterson
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Was the workforce plan worth the wait?
This week bureau chief Ben Clover is joined by colleagues Nick Kituno and Zoe Tidman to talk about the workforce plan, leaving things up to ICBs and where is and isn’t getting a new hospital.
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News‘Insulting’ cut to staff support services confirmed by NHSE
NHS England has issued a ‘tokenistic’ and ‘insulting’ funding settlement for staff mental health and wellbeing hubs this year, which is not enough to provide proper support, HSJ has been told.
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NewsRedundancy pay cap ‘would hit ICB and national staff’, union warns
Integrated care board and national agency staff could be hit by government plans to cap redundancy payments at £100,000, as they are required to cut running costs, a union has warned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Consultants on the picket line
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust leaders using ‘aggressive tactics’ to ‘break’ strikes, BMA claims
The BMA has hit out at a trust after it emerged that striking junior doctors could ‘needlessly’ have eight days’ wages deducted from July’s pay, despite there being five days of strike action this month.
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CommentThe .001 per cent investment that can open the NHS's analytics goldmine
Andi Orlowski writes about the need for a resourced workforce plan to train and retain data analysts in the NHS, ensuring analytical capabilities align with NHS values and standards
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NewsPritchard vows action to increase trust CEO tenure
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard said there had been higher turnover of trust chief executives during the ‘extremely hard’ recovery from the pandemic, and that actions were being taken to try to increase CEO tenure.
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NewsHunt demands ‘challenging’ productivity improvements in return for training cash
The chancellor has told HSJ he has agreed “ambitious improvements in productivity” with NHS leaders as part of negotiations for the long-term workforce plan.
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NewsNHS staff could be banned from agency work, says workforce plan
Substantive NHS staff may have to be blocked from undertaking work for the service through agencies and instead have to sign up with the temporary staffing banks operated by trusts, says the new NHS long-term workforce plan.
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NewsICSs handed leading role in delivering long-term workforce plan
Integrated care systems have been given a lengthy to-do list as part of the drive to deliver the NHS’s long-term workforce plan.