All Staff wellbeing articles – Page 14
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: More NHS staff are quitting than ever before
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.
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HSJ Local‘Tearful’ staff raise patient safety concerns to CQC
An inspection of a hospital has found all wards were understaffed, while ‘tearful [and] exhausted’ clinicians raised patient safety concerns to the regulator.
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Doctors union plans 72-hour strike
Junior doctors across England will walk out for 72 hours in March if a ballot for industrial action is successful, the British Medical Association has told ministers.
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NewsTrusts told to appoint board director with responsibility for reducing racism
Mental health trusts will be expected to appoint a board member responsible for improving racial equality and to develop individual plans to eliminate systemic racism, according to new draft NHS England guidance seen by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalTrust that banned corridor care ‘reluctantly’ brings it back
An acute trust has announced the ‘reluctant’ return of ‘corridor care’ – having previously eradicated the unsafe practice – due to extreme ambulance handover delays and other emergency pressures.
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NewsStaff mental health support faces axe after national funding cut
Mental health and wellbeing hubs for NHS and social care staff could be axed within months, as national funding for them is likely to be cut, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What does 2023 have in store for the NHS?
The HSJ team make their predictions for what the new year could bring for the health service, including a return of deficits, tough times for the hospital building programme and a big year for mental health reform.
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NewsTwo full days of ambulance strikes announced for January
Unison has announced two 24-hour ambulance worker strikes in January, adding it will start balloting members for further strikes in the spring.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Ambulance strikes - all you need to know
On this episode, our team brings you the very latest news and analysis of the strike action hitting the NHS this week.
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NewsNHSE: Cancelling electives is ‘last resort’ despite ambulance strikes
Elective activity should only be reduced “as a last resort” during ambulance strike action next week, NHS England has told trust leaders.
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NewsMidwives will not strike, after ballot falls short
The Royal College of Midwives has not met thresholds required to strike in its vote in England, it announced today, but physiotherapy staff are set to strike at more than 100 trusts in their first ever action ballot over pay.
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CommentSocial care staff must provide more healthcare
The third in a series of articles commissioned by HSJ from the National Care Forum to explore the most pressing issues in the care sector. Chief nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, examines delegated healthcare in a post-pandemic world
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Expert BriefingThe battle over international recruitment
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.
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NewsAmbulance strike dates and trusts revealed
Thousands of ambulance staff across England will go on strike during the festive period this month in a dispute over pay, three unions have announced.
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NewsAmbulance strike action spreads
GMB Union members at eight of England’s ten ambulance trusts have voted to take strike action.
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NewsRevealed: Nurses at half of South West trusts to strike in December
Nurses at half of the trusts in the South West are going on strike in mid-December, compared with just one in 10 in the South East.
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NewsTrusts told: seek local deals on urgent services during strikes
NHS England has urged trusts to reach agreements with local union reps for maintaining a range of critical services – including cancer treatment, discharges, and mental health crisis response – during strikes.
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News‘Patient safety progress stopped in its tracks by covid’ says Hunt report
A report commissioned by Jeremy Hunt before he became Chancellor has highlighted how the pandemic ’stopped progress on patient safety in its tracks’ and called for more accurate data to be published on a range of measures.
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NewsNurses’ strike dates announced
Nurses will go on strike over pay and safety concerns on two dates in mid-December, the Royal College of Nursing has announced today.
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NewsLeaked CQC survey reveals ‘bruising’ impact of inspection overhaul on staff
Leaked results from a recent survey of Care Quality Commission staff have revealed a dramatic drop in staff confidence in both the organisation and its strategic direction, with further concerns raised about changes being made to its inspection regime.