All articles by Nick Kituno
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News‘No further action’ against suspended CEO
An integrated care board has decided to not take any further action against its chief executive after he was suspended and subject to an internal investigation.
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NewsResident doctors announce six days of strikes
Resident doctors in England will strike for six days after the Easter weekend, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsDon’t ask for ‘unhelpful’ national mandates, warns NHSE director
NHS England’s national medical director has warned health campaigners against demanding “unhelpful” new national rules and mandates, as power was moving to local integrated care boards.
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NewsNHSE director to lead NHS Employers
An NHS England director is set to become the new chief executive of NHS Employers, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTechnician unfairly sacked after ex-minister’s intervention
A trust unfairly sacked a staff member after a patient’s complaint was escalated to its chief executive via former minister Sajid Javid, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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NewsLondon and acutes see big rise in absences
Trusts in London and hospital providers are still grappling with sickness absence significantly higher than beore the covid pandemic, according to analysis of the latest figures.
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NewsJust 3% of NHSE staff say change is managed well
Just 3 per cent of NHS England staff think that the organisation manages change well, according to its latest internal survey.
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NewsStaff survey results crash to five-year lows
NHS staff engagement and motivation has fallen to a historic low, with fewer than half now looking forward to going to work, new survey results show.
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NewsStreeting hires adviser to combat staff anger over pay
Wes Streeting has hired an experienced trade union official to help him deal with growing industrial unrest throughout the NHS workforce.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: The big NHSE-DHSC pay divide
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.
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NewsExclusive: Nine trusts put in NHSE turnaround regime
Nine trusts have been placed in NHS England’s new turnaround regime for the country’s most challenged trusts, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHuge drop in confidence in DHSC leaders
There has been a huge drop in the Department of Health and Social Care staff who feel their “senior leaders have a clear vision for the future of the organisation” – making it the lowest in Whitehall.
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NewsNHSE ‘pauses’ office working demand
NHS England has rowed back on its order for staff to rapidly increase office working, following opposition.
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NewsTrust accused of ‘union busting’ in dispute with nurses
A trust has been accused of “union busting” in a prolonged row over controversial plans to “fire and rehire” nurses in the intensive care unit at one of its hospitals.
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NewsAfC pay award above ‘affordability’ level fails to satisfy unions
The government’s 2026-27 pay award for Agenda for Change staff will cost the NHS an extra £1.2bn and has been described as “insulting” by the service’s largest unions.
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NewsNHS sheds thousands of managers and support staff
The expansion of large parts of the NHS’s non-clinical workforce has started to reverse for the first time in years, figures show.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: What 2026 means for 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.
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NewsDoctors renew strike action on 53% turnout
Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of renewed strike action – but only narrowly passed the 50 per cent turnout required for a legal mandate.
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NewsOne in four NHSE staff seek redundancy
More than a quarter of NHS England’s workforce have applied for voluntary redundancy, the organisation has told staff.
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NewsCEO who led recovery from care scandal retires
A chief executive who led the overhaul of a trust at the centre of an abuse scandal has announced her retirement after nearly five decades in the health service.