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NewsNational plan to modernise NHS’s HR function revealed
NHS England has unveiled a plan to modernise the health service’s human resources and organisational development functions over the next decade.
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NewsNational plan needed to end discrimination against disabled NHS staff, say leaders
NHS England’s programme to tackle discrimination against disabled staff and patients is “fairly limited” and needs to “go up a couple gears”, according to two senior leaders.
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NewsNew Healthwatch England chief revealed
Healthwatch England has appointed a charity sector communications chief as its new national director.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2021: Workforce Initiative of the Year
WINNER: NHS England and NHS Improvement: #Looking After You Too
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NewsExclusive: Health Education England to be merged into NHSE
Health Education England is to be incorporated into NHS England by April 2023, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Five go chief exec-ing
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust plans to directly employ 500 outsourced staff
Around 500 outsourced staff are to be directly employed by an ambulance trust in a bid to integrate them with crews.
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CommentA fully funded workforce plan is an ‘absolute priority’
Staffing is the biggest challenge currently facing the NHS. Ensuring that people know they are valued and being invested in is key to any workforce initiative, whether it is intended to address issues in the short, medium, or long-term, writes Sarah White, policy advisor at NHS Providers
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NewsMessenger review could ‘set NHS leaders up to fail’, Javid warned
A government-commissioned review of NHS management could turn into a ‘blame game’ with leaders ‘set up to fail [against] unrealistic expectations’, NHS Providers chief Chris Hopson has warned.
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CommentDeceased NHS staff called on to do their part
The government is planning to bring the dead out of retirement in an audacious bid to solve the workforce crisis, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsLong-term plan target 'set to be missed by several years’
The NHS is set to miss the long-term plan’s target for improving stroke care by several years, a leading doctor has said.
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NewsCompulsory jabs may drive out 73k NHS staff, government admits
The government has estimated 73,000 NHS staff will no longer be eligible to work with patients face to face and may leave their jobs, as a result of it making covid-19 vaccination compulsory.
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NewsNHS now getting ‘slaps not claps’, warns national elective chief
The NHS has gone from getting clapped by the public to ‘getting slaps’ because patients’ tolerance of long waits for health services has deteriorated, NHS England’s elective chief has warned.
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CommentRacial discrimination is present at all levels and all professions within the NHS
Understanding what is needed to turn the situation around after data from new research reveals, Black and minority ethnic staff are more than twice as likely to experience discrimination at work from a colleague
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Another troubling waiting list
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentJulian Patterson: Government pledges to end shortage of NHS plans
No shortage of turkeys this Christmas as government steps up production of plans and policy documents
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The Health Bill and the race to 1 April for ICSs
This week we track the progress of the Health and Care Bill as the tricky April 2022 deadline closes in.
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CommentHealth Bill update: Small victories and missed opportunities
The Health and Care Bill will most definitely not bring the required openness and transparency that aids accountability but will likely plug the more glaring loopholes, argues Labour MP and former NHS manager Karin Smyth.
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HSJ LocalUPDATED: Downgraded trust’s CEO describes ‘hugely taxing’ effort to balance safety with collaboration
A long-serving CEO has described the “hugely taxing” task for trust leaders to balance internal patient safety risks with wider system partnership work during the pandemic.