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
NewsNHSE staff ordered to increase office working
NHS England has told staff they must work in the office more and that no new home working contracts will be offered, HSJ has learned.
NewsStreeting proposes emergency legislation in bid to avert strikes
Resident doctors are holding a snap survey on a late attempt by the government to avert strikes this month.
NewsICB chief suspended pending internal investigation
The chief executive of one of the largest integrated care boards in the country has been suspended pending an internal investigation.
NewsRedundancy rules relaxed for NHSE and ICB staff
Staff taking voluntary redundancy under the national NHS scheme will no longer face payment clawbacks if they get a job in government outside of health, HSJ has learned.
NewsHospitals ‘needlessly increasing nurse numbers’
A widely used tool for estimating “safe” levels of nursing is leading to unnecessarily inflated staffing and costs in some hospitals, an NHS England director has suggested.
NewsDoctors’ strikes are ‘cruel and calculated’, says Mackey
The upcoming planned strikes by resident doctors are “cruel and calculated”, NHS England’s chief executive has said.
NewsResident doctors to strike before Christmas
Resident doctors in England are set to strike for five days in the run-up to Christmas.
Expert BriefingOn Call: Will ICB and NHSE staff resist redundancy?
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: EPRs pose ‘persistent’ threat to patient safety
Electronic patient record systems pose “persistent” risks to patients and have directly contributed to several incidents of harm, a national safety watchdog has found.
News‘Absolutely terrifying’ funding changes on their way, says Mackey
The scale and speed of changes to financial rules being implemented by the centre of the NHS are “absolutely terrifying”, NHS England’s chief executive has said.
News2.5% pay rise proposed by ministers
The government can only offer NHS staff a 2.5 per cent pay rise next year and says anything more threatens the “speed and delivery” of the 10-Year Health Plan.
Expert BriefingOn Call: The consolidation game
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.
NewsTwo in five trusts share chair or CEO
Nearly two in five trusts in England now share a chair and/or chief executive — despite some high-profile partnerships being scaled back — HSJ analysis shows.
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.
NewsGovernment delays new NHS workforce plan
The government has pushed back publication of its new NHS workforce plan to spring next year, HSJ has learned.
NewsResident doctors to strike for five days next month
Resident doctors in England will strike for five days next month, the British Medical Association has announced.
NewsEx-tabloid editor to review ‘integration’ of DHSC and NHSE media teams
Wes Streeting has hired a former newspaper editor to review the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England’s “media and digital work”.
NewsNational director’s trust expanding subco despite opposition
A trust led by an NHS England director is planning to move about 400 staff to a subsidiary company, despite union opposition and a national U-turn on subcos.
NewsManagement training scheme more likely to reject minority ethnic applicants
Applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds are much more likely than others to be rejected by the NHS graduate management training scheme, HSJ can reveal.
NewsManagers’ pay rise blocked at 21 trusts and ICBs
Very senior managers at 21 poorly performing trusts and integrated care boards must not be awarded this year’s pay uplift, NHS England has confirmed.