All Workforce articles – Page 69
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NewsNHS leaders must give staff time to ‘access psychological support’
NHS trusts must give their workforce the time to access nationally funded psychological therapies, a leading doctor has warned, as the ‘tired’ health service prepares to face a difficult winter.
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CommentStaff redeployed to combat covid must be able to 'find closure'
A key component of the NHS response to the pandemic has been to reinforce acute and critical care capacity. This led in many cases to an unprecedented re-deployment of personnel from different care pathways into covid wards. A research project is now gathering evidence of the impact of working in ...
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NewsFour integrated care systems fail to appoint chairs
NHS England has been unable to appoint chairs for the NHS boards of four integrated care systems.
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NewsTwo acute trusts to share a chair after NHSE appointment
Two acute trusts in north London will share a chair following an appointment by NHS England.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust chair steps down amid ICS creation
The chair of Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust will step down earlier than planned to allow his successor to start the role when integrated care systems are formally established.
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NewsCQC criticises care scandal trust for 'unsafe staffing'
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal does not have enough midwifery staff to keep women and babies safe, a Care Quality Commission inspection has revealed.
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NewsFormer private healthcare boss chosen to chair integrated care board
A former leader of King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust is one of three new integrated care board chairs who have been selected in the South East.
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NewsLeading trust chief announces retirement
One of the NHS’ most renowned chief executives is announcing her retirement this lunchtime, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSpecial measures trust appoints police and fire chief as new chair
A mental health trust that was placed into NHS England’s new ‘recovery support programme’ this summer has appointed a new chair.
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NewsHEE tells trusts to prioritise training, or services will suffer
The quality and performance of services will suffer if medical training is not ‘prioritised and funded’ by trusts, Health Education England has warned.
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CommentNHS can use its power as an employer to create a more just society
NHS trusts and health boards should take the lead in deploying progressive employment interventions at local level, which can be used to leverage employment opportunities towards people who are farthest from the jobs market, write Tom Lloyd Goodwin and David Burch
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NewsProvider chief executive to step down
The chief executive of a major independent mental health provider has announced her departure after leading the organisation out of special measures.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Mind the gap – again
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentThe pandemic demonstrates the need for a business school for healthcare management
A new business school dedicated to health aims to build a cadre of healthcare leaders and managers who can reinvent healthcare systems and address the grand health challenges facing the world today, writes Professor Nora Ann Colton
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Expert BriefingInappropriate payments to trust directors caused by ‘exceptional events’
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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NewsTrusts rubbish accuracy of ‘vital’ covid vaccination figures
Multiple trusts have disputed the accuracy of the first published provider-level data on NHS staff covid vaccine uptake, which is described as ‘vital’ and ‘highly important’ by the UK Health Security Agency.
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HSJ PartnersListen when people speak up
Russell Parkinson, Head of Office and Strategy at the National Guardian’s Office, highlights the importance of encouraging staff to speak up and lists ways in which organisations can take action
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CommentRefugees can help tackle the NHS workforce shortage
Kaye Burnett places emphasis on supporting people from excluded communities with the opportunity of being potential recruits for the NHS
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LeaderNHS leaders hold ministers’ fate in their hands
When push comes to shove, this delivery-focused government knows that NHS leaders and the wider managership cohort are essential to driving down waiting lists (and building ‘new hospitals’).
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HSJ LocalCEO returns from overseas to lead struggling trust
An acute trust struggling with governance issues has appointed a new chief executive from the Australian health system.