WORKFORCE: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has set up a pilot confidential support line for staff.
This was in response to “disappointing” results in the 2010 staff survey around violence, bullying and harassment.
The three month trial is being run by an independent organisation.
February 2012
A teaching hospital is considering closing its urology service to out of area referrals, as it struggles to deal with a backlog of cases.
A major London trust reported workforce shortages in July because fewer locums wanted to work during the heatwave.
Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe outlines how NHS trusts use wholly owned subsidiaries to gain tax exemptions at the cost of employees who are left in the lurch
CCG review finds “inconsistencies” in Northamptonshire Healthcare’s investigations of 18 unexpected deaths “Consistent failings” found in the way trust staff carried out risk assessments PERFORMANCE: A review into the unexpected deaths of 18 mental health patients at an East Midlands trust has
COMMERCIAL: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is planning to hive off a number of public health services to a newly created social enterprise.
COMMERCIAL: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is to launch an out of hours health visitors advice line, following a successful pilot of the scheme.
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