Workforce
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HSJ InteractiveDiscrimination and inequality cost lives – it’s time to replace virtue signalling with action
Ifti Majid and Danielle Oum explain why clarity of vision is vital as we strive for a healthcare system where ethnicity becomes irrelevant to patient experience and outcomes, as well as staff experience and career prospects
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HSJ InteractiveOur NHS people, Ramadan and covid-19
Dr Habib Naqvi urges Muslim NHS staff to adapt usual religious and cultural practices during Ramadan and follow social distancing to save lives
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HSJ InteractiveBrexit and the NHS workforce: A guide for healthcare leaders
An HSJ and GRI report looks at the possible workforce implications of Brexit
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HSJ InteractiveIs Kark barking up the wrong tree?
Tom Kark QC’s review into the Fit and Proper Persons Test seems to have more bark than bite, says Andrew Davidson
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NewsResident doctors ballot for action
No 2025-26 pay proposals announced Resident doctors in England are set to ballot for renewed industrial action over pay, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsEx-health minister to chair trust
A former health minister has been appointed chair of a trust.
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CommentHow much should NHS staff be paid?
With the 2025-26 pay review body report imminent, Anita Charlesworth analyses different data comparing NHS pay and its implications for policymakers
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NewsDirector who helped force out CEO resigns from trust
A trust chief people officer, who was heavily criticised in an employment tribunal ruling, has resigned from her role.
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News3% NHS pay rise proposed
The NHS Pay Review Body has recommended a pay rise of about 3 per cent for Agenda for Change staff for 2025‑26, according to reports.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Don’t let NHS capital get stuck in the Whitehall queue, Rachel
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsCEO steps down from system with £305m budget hole
The chief executive of one of the country’s most financially challenged systems is stepping down after three years in the role.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: The different paths for the pay deal
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. You are receiving this edition of On Call because you are signed up for our Patient Safety Watch newsletter. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick ...
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts to work at, according to bank staff
NHS bank staff are almost always more likely to recommend their employer as a good place to work than permanent staff.
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NewsDetails of new cap on ICB staff spend revealed
Each of England’s seven regions must ensure pay spend across their integrated care boards is reduced to an average of £18.76 per head of weighted population, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRetired CEO to chair specialist trust
A long-serving trust chief executive who retired at the end of last year has become the chair of one of the UK’s best known specialist trusts.
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CommentSexual harassment of ambulance staff is on the rise
Oliver Potter reflects on the emerging trends and variations in the experiences of different staff groups, as well as how NHS organisations can use the results to sustain their focus on improvement
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NewsTrust must pay £256k to director accused of ‘playing race card’
A trust found to have racially discriminated against its research director must pay him more than £256,000, a judge has ruled.
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NewsChris Hopson to leave NHSE
NHS England has confirmed Chris Hopson, its chief strategy officer, will leave at the end of June.
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NewsPush for national deal on doctors’ overtime pay
Trusts and senior medics are calling for a national deal on medical overtime pay rates and extra-contractual work, to avert local disputes.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The future of ICBs and NHSE
This week the team look at the continuing fallout from the ICB cuts and pending abolition of NHS England, following the first interview with new boss Sir Jim Mackey.