All Workforce articles – Page 48
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NewsMortuary abuse inquiry suggests contractors’ criminal checks could be shared with trusts
Contractors could be required to provide trusts with the findings of criminal records checks on their employees, an update from Michael inquiry into mortuary security has suggested.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Boris Johnson’s ‘new hospitals’ in jeopardy
“Our project is in jeopardy.” This is the verdict of one trust working on long-needed major hospital redevelopments, which were promised by the government in the run-up to the 2019 general election.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The ‘integrated’ in ICS
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Publish the priority scores for elective waits
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentHow patients came to share power in the NHS
David Gilbert imagines a world in which those with lived experience of healthcare are given a central role in the planning of services and policy at local and national level.
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NewsTrust chief executive to step down after four years
The chief executive of a mental health trust that runs one of three high secure hospitals in England is due to step down.
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NewsTrust chief resigns after period of ill health
The chief executive of an ambulance trust has resigned after a period of sick leave.
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CommentThe forgotten staffing shortages in primary care
Malcolm Harrison writes about the main reasons for the growing shortage of community pharmacists and gives his take on how to avert the deepening crisis
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Scandal-hit trusts show signs of progress
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsSharp rise in child development issues in wake of covid
Families are being ‘left without the support they need’, as overstretched services struggle to handle ‘a significant and growing minority’ of children not developing as expected.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts where most staff withhold disability status
More than half the staff at eight trusts have either refused or failed to declare whether they consider themselves ‘disabled’, an HSJ analysis has found.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: NHS England’s unhappiest people
On this week’s episode, we discuss NHS England’s leaked staff survey results, which reveal the best and worst performing departments and regions, and deliver a particularly worrying verdict on the People Directorate.
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NewsDisabled staff nearly twice as likely to face performance management
Disabled NHS staff are nearly twice as likely to face formal questions over their ability to do their job than their non-disabled colleagues, an NHS England report has revealed.
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NewsNHSE staff survey delivers damning verdict on People Directorate
NHS England’s People Directorate recorded consistently poor results across the great majority of key measures according to the organisation’s annual Staff Survey, HSJ has discovered
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NewsTroubled acute appoints council chief as CEO
A major acute trust in the East Midlands has appointed the chief executive of the local county council to be its new chief executive.
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NewsStaff warn of ‘worsening’ culture at beleaguered trust
The culture at a long-troubled ambulance trust is ‘worsening, not improving’, its staff have told a health watchdog.
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NewsRetired CEO to lead trust with ‘deep-seated’ cultural problems
A trust found by a review to have ‘multiple’ corporate governance problems and ‘deep-seated’ cultural issues has appointed a recently retired chief executive as its new chair.
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NewsThousands of clinicians ‘unable to work’ after registration blunder
Thousands of physiotherapists have been left unable to work after they accidentally failed to reregister with the Health and Care Professions Council, HSJ has been told.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Secret merger mania
Three further acute trusts are considering a move to joint leadership, HSJ has learned, and mental health hubs for NHS staff are being underused – we analyse both issues on this week’s HSJ Health Check podcast.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Unpickling primary care
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.