All Workforce articles – Page 84
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NewsNHS England reveals community pharmacies’ role in covid vax effort
Selected community pharmacies will provide up to 1,000 coronavirus vaccines each week, in addition to those provided by general practice and mass centres, according to an NHS England letter.
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CommentWhy we created a ‘financial hardship fund’ as part of our covid response
Consistently delivering the physiological needs are what most of our colleagues require this winter and beyond, writes Richard Mitchell
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NewsShouting, screaming and microaggressions uncovered at NHS organisation
A review of a clinical commissioning group has discovered “microaggressions and insensitivities” towards Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff, and the use of derogatory slurs about other groups.
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HSJ PartnersManaging cultural change in a crisis
Executive leaders can drive improvement by focusing on developing an organisational culture, building up staff in an open, just, and empowering environment, thereby enabling organisations to meet the challenges of the new and uncertain healthcare environment.
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NewsNHSE recommends law to abolish CCGs by 2022
NHS England is backing legislation to abolish clinical commissioning groups by April 2022, strip back competition rules, and require trusts to be part of care alliances, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE makes ‘employment promise’ for CCG staff — but not senior leaders
NHS England has made a ‘continued employment promise’ to those working in clinical commissioning groups, as it proposes legislation to scrap CCGs and have their functions ‘subsumed’ by integrated care systems.
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CommentDirector's appointment should be used to reframe the debate around health inequalities
Dr John Ford outlines what should be the prime concerns for the new director for patient equalities and health inequalities
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HSJ PartnersBuilding resilient services through people, assets and infrastructure
Nicola Mortali on the need of a shared vision, close communication, clear delineation of roles with shared risk to deal with the challenges ahead
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NewsTrust CEO asks for ‘scientific evidence’ on covid vaccine safety to reassure staff
NHS trust chief executives have told HSJ they need more clarity the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine is safe to reassure their worried staff.
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HSJ PartnersRise of the Scalable Workforce
GRI CEO, Andrew Preston, addresses the need for a clear strategy to tackle workforce challenges in the NHS, to ensure the agility and flexibility to maintain and improve performance and manage the long-term impact of coronavirus.
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NewsHancock calls for routine flu testing as part of major diagnostics expansion
Matt Hancock has called for British people to routinely get tested for the flu, saying covid diagnostic capacity should be kept and used for “everything” once the pandemic dies down.
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NewsExclusive: Three trusts paying US firm £210m for tech catch-up
A new electronic health record system will cover three linked London trusts in a deal worth £210m as they look to catch up with peers on tech maturity, they have revealed to HSJ.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Greasing palms and squandering trust
Andy Cowper on big funding announcements, a heroic set of planning assumptions for rolling out vaccines and the accuracy of covid testing tech.
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NewsHunt accuses HMT of blocking publication of crucial workforce projections
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has accused the Treasury of preventing the Department of Health and Social Care from publishing future workforce projections submitted by the NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The covid vaccine plan is the biggest integration ask to date
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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NewsExclusive: NHS setting up dozens of mass covid vaccination centres and seeking 40,000 staff
The health service is setting up more than 40 mass vaccination centres, and working on recruiting tens of thousands of staff for the huge covid-19 vaccination effort, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ InteractiveThe human contact deficit
For many in the NHS, in-person contact with colleagues has become rarer during the pandemic. An HSJ webinar, supported by IBM, explored the possible consequences of increased remote working.
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NewsNHSE explores procuring single HR and payroll system for entire service
A single tech platform for administrative data could be put in place across the entire NHS in a bid to improve the health service’s management and analytics.
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NewsTroubled trust on PM’s patch confirms new chief
A troubled trust has announced it will make its interim chief executive permanent, after her predecessor’s departure in the wake of a staff coronavirus outbreak.
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HSJ LocalTrusts across region create staff bank to cut agency costs
Eighteen trusts in the North West will establish a major ‘staff bank’, using new technology to pool junior doctors across the region.