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NewsRevealed: The huge happiness gap between frontline and support staff
Those working in the frontline care divisions of hospital trusts are much likelier to be unhappy at work than their peers employed within the support divisions of the same provider, HSJ analysis has found.
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CommentNHS pay policy is worsening inequality
Paying NHS staff below the real Living Wage deepens the service’s recruitment crisis and worsens the very health inequalities it exists to solve
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CommentThere’s no point in hiring more therapists if we can’t keep the ones we have
Rising attrition among NHS Talking Therapies staff highlights the need to address unrealistic targets, excessive workloads and poor support to retain experienced CBT practitioners
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NewsICB exec pay under review after mergers
The government is considering steps to stop integrated care board executives receiving pay rises simply because their organisations merge and cover bigger populations.
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CommentA more up-to-date alternative to relying on staff survey scores
The NHS staff standards, introduced in July 2026, rely on annual survey data. By the time the findings arrive, the harm is already done. Real-time occupational health intelligence already exists. It simply needs to be used
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NewsPay rise above 2.4% would hit elective targets, DHSC warns
A pay award above 2.4 per cent for NHS staff next year could mean a “reduction in ambitions” for cutting waiting lists, the government has warned.
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NewsICB’s £600m spend lacks ‘detailed analysis’
An ICB team responsible for an annual spend of nearly £600m is signing off “high cost” care packages without “detailed analysis” while also undergoing a review into its working culture, the commissioner has revealed.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: AfC pay reforms reach the crunch point
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 senior HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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News1,000 CSU staff still in limbo
Around 1,000 commissioning support unit staff still have no clarity on whether their jobs will be moved to another part of the NHS or cut, less than six months from their employers being abolished, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUnion calls new trust CEO’s claim ‘simply untrue’
A trade union has accused a troubled trust’s new interim chief executive of making a “simply untrue” claim to staff that he had met its representatives to resolve a strike by theatre workers.
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CommentNHS staff need to know how they will benefit from improved productivity
NHS productivity will only improve alongside stronger staff engagement, more effective leadership, and better strategic planning
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NewsNHSE: Boards must ‘account for progress’ on staff vaccination
Trust boards must be prepared to “account for progress” on their staff flu vaccination rates, NHS England has warned, after only one in 10 providers hit the national ambition last winter.
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NewsNHSE ‘bringing in staff without due process’
NHS England’s internal whistleblowing champions raised concerns that the organisation is bringing in staff “without due process”.
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CommentManagers suffer racism too
New evidence shows racism is driving ethnic minority NHS managers towards the exit, highlighting the urgent need for accountable, evidence-based action
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NewsTrusts cancel joint staff service with neighbours
Three trusts have cancelled a joint occupational health service after a row over standards.
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CommentA true test of NHS leadership?
Tackling racism in the NHS requires more than standards and compliance. It needs leaders with the courage to stand up for staff and act when discrimination occurs
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CommentSocial care reforms must improve people's health too
Social care reform must go beyond funding, workforce investment, and prevention to reduce NHS pressure and improve population health.
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NewsThreat to remove resident doctors after racist incidents
One of England’s most challenged trusts faces resident doctors being removed from two specialties due to racism from staff and patients, board papers have revealed.
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NewsLead provider role creating ‘potential conflicts of interest’, review finds
A lack of clarity around lead provider and commissioner roles at a mental health trust collaborative is creating “potential conflicts of interest”, a review has found.
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NewsNearly 100 staff left ‘in limbo by shitshow procurement’
Nearly 100 staff at a Lancashire trust have been left in “limbo” for more than two years due to a troubled NHS England procurement process, which HSJ has learned is set to be run for a third time.