All Nursing articles – Page 10
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CommentThe government's grasp of the NHS's recovery challenge is questionable
The spending review raises real concerns about whether the government fully grasps the scale of the recovery challenge, writes Anita Charlesworth
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NewsHunt accuses HMT of blocking publication of crucial workforce projections
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has accused the Treasury of preventing the Department of Health and Social Care from publishing future workforce projections submitted by the NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Ready, steady, test your staff
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 workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. Contact me in confidence.
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NewsCritical care nursing ratio diluted for second wave
Intensive care specialists have given their blessing to a diluting of the nurse-to-patient ratio in critical care for the second wave of covid in the UK — but they have warned the measure is ‘not sustainable in the long term’.
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NewsTrust ‘could have avoided four never events’ if it had acted on alert
A trust which had four ‘never events’ where patients were connected to air rather than an oxygen supply could have avoided them if it had been more proactive when a national patient safety alert was sent out several years earlier, a report has found.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Fall in training set to have major impact on future workforce
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 workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. Contact me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Nursing the Nightingales
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 workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. Contact me in confidence.
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NewsTrusts told: Bid for cash to boost overseas recruitment by 41pc
Provider chiefs have been told to submit their plans to boost international recruitment, with a greater share of funding available to those which produce the most ambitious proposals.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Tell staff the truth about testing
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 workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. Contact me in confidence.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2020: Clinical Support Services Award
Winner Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust: Tea Trolley Teaching Tea trolley teaching is a novel training method, where a trolley loaded with tea, cakes and educational materials is taken to the place of work, providing short, 10-minute educational sessions at the times and in locations that suit learners. A small ...
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: 13,000 more nurses, but for how long?
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 workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. Contact me in confidence.
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NewsExtra funding confirmed for learning disability nurse apprenticeships
Health Education England is set to give employers additional funding for learning disability nursing funding in a bid to increase the sector’s dwindling workforce numbers.
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CommentFollow Imperial’s lead to honour Amin Abdullah’s memory
Through its new disciplinary policy, Imperial College Healthcare Trust aims to create a system that promotes fairness and compassion towards its staff, say Narinder Kapur, Christian Harkensee and Terry Skitmore
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HSJ LocalCoastal trust to be ‘twinned’ with high performing US hospital
A hospital trust in the North West is set to be ‘twinned’ with a US hospital as part of a programme it believes will improve staff retention and care quality.
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CommentBritnell: 'Protect the NHS' was an expression of 'anxiety'
The performance of other countries successfully tackling the coronavirus pandemic has shown that investing in services such as public health is the bedrock of economic success, not a drain on it and the UK should take note, writes Mark Britnell
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NewsNHS on course to miss major workforce target
A flagship target to increase the mental health workforce by 19,000 could be missed by nearly half, according to new government figures.
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CommentDon’t blame agency staff for spreading covid
Temporary workers will always be needed in the sector, and covid-19 has proven the unique value that healthcare recruiters and agency staff bring. By Neil Carberry
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NewsDoctors to get 2.8pc pay rise
NHS doctors in England are to receive a back-dated pay rise which will add up to £3,000 to a consultant’s salary.
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NewsChief nurse: Thousands of nurses ready to come to England despite covid
NHS England’s overseas nursing recruitment will gather pace ‘very rapidly’ despite the ongoing global covid-19 pandemic, its chief nursing officer has said.
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NewsOverseas nurse recruitment soars, but regulator warns of ‘stormy waters ahead’
Over 60 per cent more overseas professionals from non-EU countries joined the nursing and midwifery register in England during 2019-20, than in the previous three years, an HSJ analysis shows.