The high profile drive to increase the safety of patients while in NHS care has led to a boost in staff recruitment, but how can boards know if they’ve got it right? This was the question asked at the latest HSJ roundtable. Alison Moore sat in
Roundtable participants:
- Simon Courage product director for healthcare staffing, Allocate Software
- Sue Covill director of employment services, NHS Employers
- Mike Farrar former chief executive, NHS Confederation (chair)
- Katherine Fenton chief nurse, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust
- David Grantham director of workforce and organisational development, Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust
- Kevin McGee chief executive, George Eliot Hospital Trust
- Patricia Miller director of operations, Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust
- Mark Newbold chief executive, Heart of England Foundation Trust
- Paul Scandrett director of healthcare, Allocate Software
- Adam Sewell-Jones deputy chief executive, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust
- Sue Smith executive chief nurse, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust
- Jonathan Spencer deputy chair, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
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