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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NewsFormer commissioning chief to chair hospitals
A trust has appointed a former commissioning chief as its new chair.
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CommentReform’s council victories will strain relationship with the NHS
Reform UK has taken control of a swathe of councils. David Walker explores what this might mean for the NHS
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NewsManagers are being ‘re-educated’ after losing skills, says Mackey
Managers are having to be “re-educated” after losing skills in recent years, the chief executive of NHS England has said.
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NewsAcute and mental health trusts appoint first shared chair
An acute trust and a mental health trust in the Midlands have announced they are to share a chair, which they say will create more opportunities for joined-up care.
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CommentThe economic wellbeing of NHS staff should be addressed by the 10-Year Plan
The 10-Year Plan must include a funded, strategic workforce recovery plan to overcome post-pandemic workforce challenges, write Nick Krachler and Ian Kessler
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NewsICB functions radically reduced in national ‘blueprint’
More than a dozen functions have been earmarked for “transfer” out of integrated care boards, including workforce planning, primary care, and digital leadership.
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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.