All Staff wellbeing articles – Page 34
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NewsAt least 23 nationalities among NHS staff killed by covid
A unique analysis of data on 203 publicly reported deaths of health and social care workers from covid-19, shows a significant over-representation of BAME individuals. This is the third article in a series produced by Lesa Kearney, Simon Lennane, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Tim Cook
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NewsStaff urged to share covid-19 test results with their trust
NHS staff are being encouraged to share their covid-19 test results with their employers, which do not receive them automatically because of privacy rules, sparking concern among some leaders.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Optimism for cynics
Andy Cowper on the government’s response towards healthcare in care homes at the time of the pandemic
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NewsNHS procurement chiefs drafted in to help ailing national PPE effort
The government has brought in 14 trust procurement chiefs to support national efforts to source personal protective equipment, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ PartnersA briefing on reducing covid impact on BME communities
The NHS Confederation’s BME Leadership Network suggests in a new briefing, a suite of actions that health and care organisations could take to safeguard BME people, including BME professionals on the front line, notes Joan Saddler
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CommentTime to join the dots: connecting what matters to staff and patients
Helen Buckingham calls for bringing patients and clinicians together to design future services that meet both their needs
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NewsConsider redeploying staff vulnerable to covid-19, employers told
NHS staff who are deemed vulnerable to covid-19 may need to be redeployed, a new risk reduction framework backed by NHS England tells employers.
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NewsTrust pledges to act amid investigations into harassment and threats
An ambulance trust is to overhaul how it supports workers with mental health problems after an investigation into the death of three of its staff in the space of two weeks, and is also dealing with allegations over sexual harassment and threats to kill.
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CommentHelping NHS staff survive the covid storm
A new paper discusses how organisations should enhance the mental health resilience of the NHS workforce to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic, writes Andrew Coley
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HSJ PartnersElsevier launches online covid-19 resource for healthcare workers
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, has launched a new resource to aid healthcare workers on the front lines of managing the novel coronavirus health crisis. Written by The covid-19 Healthcare Hub provides free access to toolkits, expert insights, research resources ...
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NewsHospitals blocked from ordering critical care equipment directly
Hospitals have been blocked from ordering crucial critical care equipment via normal channels because of an ‘exceptional increase in national demand’.
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HSJ AwardsAward winning support for veterans and reservists
Jennifer Trueland explores the steps Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust took to put people with forces experience at the heart of the organisation’s wider decision-making process
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NewsShake-up among PPE leaders
A top Department of Health and Social Care official has been appointed joint senior responsible officer for the government’s personal protective equipment response.
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CommentCommunity services ‘will not bow’ as ‘bigger surge’ bites
Andrew Ridley looks at the challenges, preparation and recovery phases as the NHS starts planning beyond the initial peak of the outbreak and for the second phase of covid-19 response
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NewsFrustration over new PPE tracking tool
Trust procurement leads have expressed frustration over a new stock reporting tool introduced by NHS England/Improvement on Monday.
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HSJ PartnersSelenity introduces service for key worker organisations
Anthony Sherwin on Selenity’s CV19 tracker, available as a free service to manage expenses and absences related to covid-19.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Backsliding’ major teaching trust could lose general surgery trainees
A major tertiary trust where junior doctors described their training as ‘the blind leading the blind’ has been warned it could lose its foundation year trainees in general surgery, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOnly 2pc of community providers can use government PPE website
The great majority of primary, community and social care organisations are still unable to order personal protective equipment from central stocks through a new web portal expected to launch early last month.
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NewsRevealed: the NHS’ plan to protect BAME staff from covid-19
The NHS faces a new set of wide-ranging requirements as part of a comprehensive plan to mitigate the impact of covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic staff, HSJ has discovered.
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CommentWithout colleges, the People Plan will have a hollow core
Michael Wood reflects on the opportunity that covid-19 may have created for the future of colleges and their role in retraining, reskilling and restoring workforce.