All Workforce articles – Page 93
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NewsTeaching trust CEO resigns to take up post as government adviser
Professor Marcel Levi will leave University College London Foundation Trust on 31 March next year after four years at the top of the institution.
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NewsTrusts told: Bid for cash to boost overseas recruitment by 41pc
Provider chiefs have been told to submit their plans to boost international recruitment, with a greater share of funding available to those which produce the most ambitious proposals.
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CommentRegulators are ‘not good enough’ at holding NHS orgs to account if they discriminate against BME staff
The strategic emphasis on race equality must be strengthened, adding greater use of evidence and learning to achieve change, writes Roger Kline
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Stevens’ successor should relish chance to tackle inequalities
In the climate of covid-19 and Black Lives Matter, the NHS faces calls for greater action to tackle race inequality. HSJ workforce reporter Nick Kituno reflects on a critical juncture for the workforce race equality standard.
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NewsHold national bodies to same leadership standards as trusts, says CQC report
The leaders of NHS England and the Care Quality Commission should have their own performance subjected to the same assessment process they require for local providers, a report has said.
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NewsFourth senior departure from NHS procurement body
The chief commercial officer of NHS Supply Chain has stood down as part of an organisational restructure, making him the fourth departure to be confirmed from the top of the agency inside two weeks.
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NewsChairs have ‘high moral values’ but struggle with ‘disruptive’ directors, claims landmark study
Nearly half of trust chairs fail to “effectively deal with non-performing board members” according to a major study of the role of NHS non-executive directors seen by HSJ.
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NewsBrexit and covid restrictions pose ‘public disorder’ threat for NHS this winter
An ambulance trust is warning of the risk of public disorder affecting its staff this winter.
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NewsSome trusts are gaming race equality targets, says retiring NHSE lead
The NHS’ race equality measures must be reviewed as some of them are being gamed by trusts, according to the NHS England director who oversaw them until earlier this year.
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NewsDamning CQC report finds ‘bullying and predatory behaviour’ concerns at trust
An ambulance service could be put in special measures after a damning report criticised poor leadership for fostering bullying and not acting decisively on allegations of predatory sexual behaviour towards patients.
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CommentA sticking plaster for adult social care as winter approaches
To help social care services cope with covid-19 over winter, it needs more than just a plan, by Hugh Alderwick and Lucinda Allen
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NewsConsultants communicated with managers through solicitors as care deteriorated at teaching trust
Consultants at a leading teaching trust communicated with managers through solicitor’s letters and left junior colleagues to conduct operations from text books, a previously unpublished review discovered by HSJ reveals.
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Expert Briefing‘Please hold, your spending review is important to us’
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, this week by correspondent Tom Norton.
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NewsStaff filmed ‘slapping and kicking’ patients
Enforcement action has been taken at a mental health hospital for women where staff were filmed slapping, kicking and emotionally abusing patients, according to a new report.
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NewsGPs asked for further support to care providers
NHS England has been asked for a “clear plan and timescale” for development during covid of its controversial scheme which aims to provide extra support for care homes.
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NewsTrust acts after BAME staff report ‘systematic bullying’
NHS leaders are being encouraged to have ‘difficult discussions’ about inequalities, after a trust found its BAME staff reported being ‘systematically… bullied and harassed’, along with other signs of discrimination.
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NewsLong-standing NHS leader to head up London people board
A long-standing NHS leader has been appointed to head up London’s new people board.
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CommentGov medical advisors should resign or speak out over England’s failing covid strategy
Regulatory policies need appointment processes and employment contracts which make the freedom to speak out, a genuine independence for medics. By David Oliver
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NewsChief exec of NHS agency resigns
The man reponsible for leading the troubled NHS Supply Chain agency has resigned, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ InteractiveLeadership Q&A: Lancashire and South Cumbria FT
Caroline Donovan explains the transformational new organisational structure for Lancashire and South Cumbria