Workforce – Page 10
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News£174k offered for top DHSC jobs
Three new director general posts have been advertised by the Department of Health and Social Care structure, each commanding a salary of up to £174,000.
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CommentMackey’s subco plan is risky and unnecessary
Now is not the time to subject low-paid workers to morale-sapping outsourcing, says Unison general secretary Christina McAnea
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NewsNo resident doctors strikes in August, says Streeting
The British Medical Association has agreed to pause strike action for the “month of August”, according to the health secretary.
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NewsFirst ICB ‘pauses’ redundancy plans over funding concerns
An integrated care board says it will not progress a redundancy scheme needed to halve its operating costs in the current financial year because it cannot be sure how it will be paid for.
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NewsTroubled trust sees CEO and deputy announce departure within two weeks
One of the NHS’s largest teaching trusts has announced its deputy chief executive is moving on, just two weeks after its CEO revealed he was retiring.
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HSJ LocalTrust faces five-year backpay bill
A trust fears it has underpaid some of its resident doctors for nearly five years, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe hidden risks within community services are being ignored
Steph Lawrence, CEO of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing, warns that insufficient staffing is leading to care being missed and patient deaths
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NewsInterim CEO appointment latest in regional chain of secondments
A north east trust has seconded a chief operating officer from a neighbouring provider to be its interim CEO after the incumbent was transferred to temporarily run a third provider, following the move of its chief executive to a fourth trust, also on an interim basis.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Unjust’ NHS ethnic pay gap to be reviewed
A long-awaited review into “unjust and unfair” pay disparities between white and minority ethnic staff across the NHS has been launched.
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NewsWe will no longer tolerate ‘negative behaviours’, pledges ICB
An integrated care board has apologised to staff and pledged to no longer tolerate a range of “negative behaviours” identified by a report into the organisation’s culture.
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NewsICB predicts 400 staff will get £100k redundancy payouts
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board has proposed shedding up to 400 posts via a voluntary redundancy scheme costing more than £40m.
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CommentBME staff are sick of being told lack of career progression is nothing to do with race
The Taskforce for Diversity in NHS Communications has uncovered systemic issues affecting BME staff progression, but these can be overcome by concerted action, writes Edna Boampong
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NewsICBs can scrap chief nurse and medic, says NHSE
Integrated care boards can now scrap the roles of chief nurse and chief medical officer – despite previous guidance saying they are required – NHS England has indicated.
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NewsTrust ‘missed opportunities’ in child’s death
The health service should carry out a national review of the use of paper-based records in children’s care, an independent investigation into a child’s death has said.
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NewsExclusive: Review uncovers misogyny and paternalistic culture at major trust
An independent review of a major trust has uncovered claims of misogyny and a failure to deal with “unwanted romantic advances”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNew CEO for trust with high staff satisfaction
An acute trust in the East Midlands has appointed a new chief executive following a “highly competitive” recruitment campaign.
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NewsBMA ‘demanding extortionate pay’ during strikes
The British Medical Association expects trusts to pay “extortionate” rates for resident doctors asked to run services during the current strike, according to NHS England.
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CommentRegulation of managers must be equitable as well as effective
New NHS manager regulation must go beyond disbarring – supporting standards, equity, and leadership development to truly improve healthcare leadership, writes Saffron Cordery
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NewsChildren’s heart unit in ‘very precarious state’
A surgeon at one of England’s largest teaching trusts has had their practice restricted following the deaths of two children, amid a “worrying and significant deterioration” in mortality rates for its children’s heart service.
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NewsStrikes must not be ‘pain free’ for BMA, says Mackey
Resident doctors’ strikes starting tomorrow should not be “pain free” for the British Medical Association, Sir Jim Mackey has told trust leaders.