HSJ reveals the draft NHS pay and workforce strategy for 2007 spending review.
It shows: 'an excess supply' of 3,200 consultants 'which we cannot afford to employ' in that role; a shortage of 15,000 nurses; a surplus of 16,000 allied health professionals; a shortage of 1,200 GPs and 1,100 too few junior and staff-grade doctors.
National regulators are “encouraging the wrong kind of behaviour” by prioritising financial performance over staff wellbeing, the chair of NHS Improvement has said.
The NHS must have a different attitude to whistleblowers: bosses must listen and respond, not just think about how to keep them quiet. By Richard Peachey
Alex Heritage gives a lowdown on the role of the NHS Transformation Unit and how it helps senior leaders implement complex change
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