All articles by Nick Kituno – Page 19
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News‘We have done our own risk assessments’: the NHS staff defying the vaccine mandate
NHS workers protesting against the requirement for all patient-facing staff to be vaccinated against covid have told HSJ the government is relying on “brute force” to push the “soul destroying” measure through and that it sets a “dangerous precedent” which could undermine the principle of “informed consent”.
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News‘Babies at risk’ as NHS faces losing nearly one in 10 midwives over mandatory jabs
The NHS could be forced to dismiss almost 2,000 midwives by the government’s mandatory vaccination policy, amid warnings from a former chief nurse of England that mothers and babies will be put at risk.
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NewsTrust rated ‘outstanding’ three times in a row
A trust has become the first mental health and community provider in the country to be rated “outstanding” overall by the Care Quality Commission three times in a row.
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NewsMaternity service safety threatened by staff vacancies and mandatory vaccination, warns trust
A trust has warned it could be forced to restrict maternity services due to a high midwife vacancy rate, and large numbers unvaccinated among the current staff.
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NewsOccupational health staff told not to get involved in decisions on mandatory covid vaccination
Occupational health professionals should avoid employment and management matters related to unvaccinated NHS staff, new guidance has warned.
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NewsTrust appoints integrated care director as acting CEO
A mental health and community trust has appointed its executive director for integrated care as acting chief executive.
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NewsOmicron blocks thousands of overseas doctors joining NHS
Thousands of overseas-qualified doctors wanting to work in the UK will be delayed after the General Medical Council cancelled exams due to the surge in covid cases.
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NewsTrust appoints interim CEO on substantive basis
A London trust has appointed a hospital chief executive on a substantive basis.
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NewsTrust calls for ‘compassion’ towards unvaccinated staff as they face dismissal
A trust has warned that many of its unvaccinated staff remain unpersuaded despite the prospect of dismissal, and there are ‘very limited’ opportunities for redeployment.
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NewsStaff who refuse covid vaccination may see ‘impact upon their pay and pension’
NHS staff who have to be redeployed because they refuse to be vaccinated against covid may be forced to ‘compete’ for a new role and could find their pay and pensions affected if their transfer becomes permanent, according to new NHS England guidance.
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NewsSearch for ‘low ego’ leader across four trusts with £3bn income
NHS England is seeking a chair with a “low ego and high emotional intelligence” to lead what will be the largest group of trusts under a shared chair.
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Pay of medical directors and senior ICS managers to be reviewed
The government has asked the senior salaries review body to “give particular consideration” to the pay of medical directors and very senior managers at integrated care systems as part of the 2022-23 pay round.
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NewsRace watchdog says trusts must be held to account for progress on health inequalities
Efforts to end health inequalities should be ‘in the mix’ of metrics used to determine the NHS’ progress against key performance targets, say race inequality experts.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Nnenna Osuji, North Middlesex University Hospital Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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NewsNational plan to modernise NHS’s HR function revealed
NHS England has unveiled a plan to modernise the health service’s human resources and organisational development functions over the next decade.
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NewsNational plan needed to end discrimination against disabled NHS staff, say leaders
NHS England’s programme to tackle discrimination against disabled staff and patients is “fairly limited” and needs to “go up a couple gears”, according to two senior leaders.
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NewsTrusts spending £1m+ a year on settlement deals with gagging clauses
Trusts are still spending at least £1m a year on settlement agreements with staff containing ‘gagging clauses’, despite a crackdown on these conditions in recent years, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsICS chief nurse appointed as trust CEO
An acute trust in London has appointed the region’s chief nursing officer as its new chief executive.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: What does it mean to speak up now?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ performance, recovery and workforce correspondent Nick Kituno, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies ...
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NewsNHSE is ‘pussyfooting around’ race strategy amid ‘wokery media storm’, says lead
NHS England is ‘pussyfooting’ around the release of a new workforce race equality strategy amid a “media storm around ‘wokery’,” the lead of the programme has said.