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NewsProfits slump at staffing agencies as NHS cuts bite
Four leading providers of agency staff to the NHS have all reported a sharp decline in turnover and profits as trusts continue to cut spend on temporary workers.
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NewsRecord-low turnover ‘will derail savings plans’
The rate of NHS staff leaving their jobs has fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade, as many organisations seek to cut their paybill, analysis reveals.
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HSJ PartnersFrom healthcare assistant to registered practitioner: career ladders that work
With budget cuts biting and recruitment challenges mounting, NHS trusts are under pressure to do more with less. But what if the answer to futureproofing your workforce lies not in external hires, but in the talented, committed people already within your organisation?
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NewsRevealed: The systems still reliant on agency staff
Six systems are still using more than 30 per cent of their temporary staffing spend to employ agency workers, HSJ research has revealed.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts to work at, according to bank staff
NHS bank staff are almost always more likely to recommend their employer as a good place to work than permanent staff.
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NewsTrusts cut thousands of non-clinical staff
NHS trusts cut nearly 9,000 posts between March and December 2024 as they try to balance the books, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ InteractiveHow technology is overhauling NHS recruitment
Digital technology has a big part to play in helping the NHS deliver the ambitions of the forthcoming 10-year plan and address immediate operational pressures, such as the need to reduce waiting times to access elective care. The 3 December HSJ summit, in association with IBM, looked at how this ...
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NewsBill for extra medical shifts soars to £3bn
NHS spending on agency and bank shifts for doctors rose by £470m to top £3bn last year – 68 per cent up on pre-covid levels – new figures reveal.
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CommentStop blaming agencies and doctors for NHS staffing problems
Before even completing the much-anticipated “change” consultation on NHS staffing, Wes Streeting’s plan to ban agency workers from certain roles has raised concerns about bias and missed chances for meaningful reform, writes Kate Shoesmith.
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NewsGovernment proposes agency staffing ban to aid ‘desperate’ hospitals
Government is proposing to ban the use of agency staff in band 2 and 3 roles, and to restrict movement directly from substantive to temporary work.
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of imposing ‘badly disguised pay cut’ on doctors
University Hospitals Birmingham has become locked in a row with the British Medical Association over its plans to stop paying premium rates for medical bank staff.
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NewsNHSE employing temporary workers on up to £900 a day
NHS England is employing temporary workers for several years on up to £900 a day, new figures show, well above the level at which trusts looking to bring in interim staff must secure central sign-off.
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HSJ PartnersTime for that lightbulb moment in the NHS’s staffing culture
The usual solution to staff shortages is expensive locum agency doctors, but NES Healthcare proposes another idea that both lowers cost and provides continuity of care
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NewsTurnover down £160m for agency staffing firm
Turnover and profits are down at the NHS’s biggest supplier of agency staff.
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NewsNHSE reveals 10% productivity drop
Bosses at NHS England have suggested reduced discretionary efforts from staff could have contributed to hospitals being a tenth less productive than they were before the pandemic.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs plan pay bill squeeze and provider consolidation
Strict pay bill controls and more provider consolidation are key to recovery plans in most integrated care systems, according to an HSJ survey of NHS leaders.
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NewsGovernment payments for strike costs hit £1.7bn
The Department of Health and Social Care earmarked £1.7bn of extra funding to NHS England to mitigate the impact of industrial action in 2023-24, new documents show.
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News£6bn deficit warning sparks ‘horrible’ demands for nationwide cuts
Local NHS organisations are facing intense “pressure” from NHS England’s national and regional teams to cut staffing numbers to improve the service’s financial outlook for 2024-25.
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NewsStaffing agency sues trust in framework row
A staffing agency is suing the NHS after it was denied a place on a major procurement framework.
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NewsLeaked guidance signals tougher controls on agency spending
NHS systems in deficit are set to have additional controls imposed on their agency spending, according to draft guidance seen by HSJ.