All Workforce articles – Page 9
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NewsStreeting ‘thinking deeply’ about overhauling NHS funding flows
The new government is “thinking deeply” about reforming NHS financial flows and incentives, Wes Streeting has said.
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NewsRevealed: Why GP numbers will barely increase under national workforce plan
More than 1,000 medics funded to take GP training every year will not go on to work as fully qualified GPs in England, according to details of the NHS long-term workforce plan obtained by HSJ.
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CommentWhat Darzi missed out
The Darzi Review overlooks the critical issue of NHS workplace culture. While detailing systemic failures, it devotes minimal attention to bullying, discrimination, and staff wellbeing, says Roger Kline
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Streeting ‘reads the Riot Act’
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss the big Streeting meeting plus a new player in primary care.
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NewsStreeting urged to stop ICB plans to ‘erode’ local authority influence
A county council is to ask the health and social care secretary to intervene over the proposed overhaul of its local integrated care board’s operating model.
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NewsICB chief takes early retirement
An integrated care board chief executive is retiring after eight years in top commissioning roles.
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HSJ LocalStaff criticise ‘disgusting’ cuts at trust with huge savings target
A trust that is trying to cut nearly a tenth of its costs in one year has been criticised by staff for a string of “last minute” cuts to temporary shifts.
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NewsCutting hospital staff won’t help productivity, says ICB chief
The leader of an integrated care board has dismissed a “narrative” that the NHS can become more productive by cutting hospital staff numbers.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Improving Health Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities
WINNER Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust: Establishing a Substantive Health Equity Team and Embedding a Holistic Approach to Improving Equity in Maternity Services
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NewsDoctors vote to end historic pay dispute
Junior doctors have voted to accept the government’s latest pay offer – bringing to an end a bitter dispute which lasted nearly two years and saw 44 days of strikes.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs which cut staff by a fifth in 12 months
Several integrated care boards have cut their staffing by up to a fifth in a single year – after being asked to reduce management costs – but significant variation exists, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsTrust claims ‘stressed’ staff are quitting over faulty IT system
An acute trust has claimed “experienced and dedicated staff” have quit their roles because of “the stress and anxiety caused by the instability” of its imaging IT system as its row with a private provider intensifies.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Inquiries – who are they for?
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss three major NHS inquiries that started hearing evidence this week.
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NewsTrust considers tough line on promoting minority staff
An ambulance trust may require managers to justify to its CEO each time they promote someone else ahead of a colleague with a minority ethnic background to a senior role.
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NewsNHS has ‘thrown money’ at unproductive hospitals
Too much money is being “thrown” at hospitals where productivity “has substantially fallen” and not enough is being spent in the community, a major review of NHS performance has concluded.
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NewsNational bodies ‘failed to help staff with rationing care during covid’
Covid inquiry research finds “room for improvement” for national bodies and regulators Staff report being unable to escalate patients due to bed and workforce shortages NHS England’s representative urges inquiry to consider potential harms from counterfactuals Six in ten healthcare professionals said they lacked support from national bodies ...
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NewsCouncil boss made senior DHSC mandarin
A city council chief executive who once sought to run NHS England has been appointed as the second permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsDoctor worked in NHS for six months despite sexual harassment allegations
A trust is reviewing its procedures after employing a senior surgeon as a locum registrar without knowing he had been sacked from a previous role over sexual harassment allegations.
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NewsTrust chair withdraws before starting role
A lay member of the embattled Nursing Midwifery Council, who had been appointed by NHS England to chair a mental health trust, has decided not to take up the new role, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHSE director to chair cash-strapped ICB
A former NHS England director who has also led adult social care for a council has been appointed chair of an integrated care board.