Nick Kituno
Nick is a workforce correspondent who covers the North West of England and joined HSJ in July 2019. Before joining HSJ, Nick was a local news reporter in south London for nearly two years.
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- nick.kituno@hsj.co.uk
NewsExclusive: Spending freeze imposed after NHSE identifies £300m budget hole
The government has ordered a spending freeze and told the NHS to absorb the £300m cost of the most recent resident doctors’ strikes from existing budgets, HSJ has learned.
NewsRevealed: The trusts spending most and least on training
Trusts in London have spent far more on staff training per employee than any other region in the country, new analysis has revealed.
NewsSupplier facing strikes says its staff get ‘more stability’ than in the NHS
A major NHS supplier facing strikes next week has argued its staff enjoy “significantly better working environments” than the NHS as well as more job “stability”.
NewsTrusts appoint 23-year-old director
Two trusts have appointed the “youngest non-executive director in the NHS”, they have announced.
NewsTrust appoints interim CEO
A trust whose chief executive is leaving to head up the region’s integrated care board has appointed an interim successor.
NewsBoard director ‘talent pipeline’ needs ‘refreshing’, claims NHSE
NHS England is launching a recruitment campaign to attract trust and integrated care board non-executive directors in the face of an increasing number of retirements and resignations.
Expert BriefingOn Call: Nurses get tough
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
NewsNHSE tough line makes little dent in impact of doctors’ strike
NHS England’s efforts to resist the cancellations of procedures and appointments during the recent resident doctors strike has had little impact, new figures show.
News£174k offered for top DHSC jobs
Three new director general posts have been advertised by the Department of Health and Social Care structure, each commanding a salary of up to £174,000.
NewsExclusive: ‘Unjust’ NHS ethnic pay gap to be reviewed
A long-awaited review into “unjust and unfair” pay disparities between white and minority ethnic staff across the NHS has been launched.
NewsWe will no longer tolerate ‘negative behaviours’, pledges ICB
An integrated care board has apologised to staff and pledged to no longer tolerate a range of “negative behaviours” identified by a report into the organisation’s culture.
NewsStrikes must not be ‘pain free’ for BMA, says Mackey
Resident doctors’ strikes starting tomorrow should not be “pain free” for the British Medical Association, Sir Jim Mackey has told trust leaders.
NewsLarge ICB announces chair’s retirement
The chair of one of the country’s largest integrated care boards has announced his retirement.
NewsMackey ‘risking safety’ with tough line on strikes, says BMA
NHS England’s instruction not to cancel planned care during the upcoming resident doctors strike risks harming patient safety, the British Medical Association has warned.
NewsManagers will be barred for misconduct and 'silencing whistleblowers'
NHS directors who commit serious misconduct will be barred from taking up other senior roles, under the government’s manager regulation proposals.
Expert BriefingOn Call: How to stop the strikes
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
NewsExclusive: Trusts will decide what work gets done on strike days, not BMA
Trusts, with the support of NHS England, will determine what care is delivered during the impending five-day resident doctors strike – not the British Medical Association, Sir Jim Mackey has told HSJ.
NewsNHSE workforce chief departs
NHS England’s chief workforce, training and education officer is leaving this summer, ahead of the appointment of a new director for “people” in the health department.
NewsResident doctors to strike for five days
Resident doctors in England will go on strike for five days later this month, the British Medical Assocation has announced.
NewsResident doctors vote for strike action
Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of industrial action and urged the health and social care secretary to negotiate a new pay deal, the British Medical Association has announced.