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NewsAlmost all promised ‘50,000 more nurses’ are international recruits
Ninety-three per cent of the 51,245 nurses who have joined the NHS in the last four years have been recruited from overseas, NHS England’s chief nursing officer revealed yesterday.
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NewsTwenty ICBs to control specialised services from April
Integrated care boards in three out of seven NHS regions will take over budgets for 59 specialised services from April, although the commissioning staff will remain employed by NHS England for another year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The migration surge helped social care – but not enough
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsConsultants vote ‘no confidence’ in trust board
The consultants committee at a mental health trust has passed two ‘no confidence’ votes in its board, after the medical director was unexpectedly ‘removed’ from his duties.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Treat it like covid
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsJunior doctors announce strike in first week of January
The British Medical Association has announced nine days of further strike action by junior doctors after extended talks with the government failed to produce an offer the union felt could be put to members.
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NewsMinister: There’s systemic racism in the NHS
A health and social care minister privately said there was ‘systemic’ racism within the NHS and called for an investigation into it.
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News‘Instrumental’ NHSE director departs
One of the architects of NHS England’s new commercial strategic framework is leaving the organisation this month.
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CommentThe surgeon called me 'a snivelling clerk', I stood my ground
Ken Jarrold reflects on a career shaped by the commitment to patient care, recalling pivotal moments enforcing a code of conduct and navigating controversial service reconfigurations
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CommentNHS leaders do not have the data they need to keep patients safe
James Titcombe, Melanie Leis, and Peter Howitt delineate the major themes of a roundtable to address challenges in improving patient safety, emphasising the need for data sharing nuances, cultural shifts, optimising limited resources, prioritising workforce plans, and staff well-being
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NewsNew strategy will be led by service, not consultants, claims NHSE procurement chief
NHS England has introduced another national commercial strategy to try to get local procurement teams working more consistently.
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News‘Appalled’ nurses ‘more likely to strike’ after doctors deal, warns RCN
The Royal College of Nursing has reacted furiously to news that medical consultants have been offered a new pay deal for 2023-24, saying nurses are now more likely to strike.
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NewsBMA agrees to end ‘rate card’ demands under pay deal
The government has reached an agreement with union leaders over consultants’ pay that will now be put to members, including a commitment from the British Medical Association to cease promoting its controversial ‘rate cards’ for overtime shifts.
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CommentThe NHS needs to give its 'accidental managers' more support
Inadequate training for NHS managers highlights a pressing need for mandated and high-quality leadership training to enhance patient care and organisational effectiveness, writes Anthony Painter
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NewsExclusive: Paramedics unable to work as recruitment outstrips ambulance numbers
Up to 50 ambulance crews are unable to go out on the road in London every day because the service does not have enough vehicles for its increasing workforce, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The only way is reconfiguration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Missing the police
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsHospital launches social care service to reduce ‘astronomical’ delayed discharges
An acute trust is launching its own social care service to reduce the ‘astronomical’ costs of delayed discharges.
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NewsChair had ‘no hint of objectivity’ when judging sacked CEO’s behaviour
NHS Blood and Transplant’s chair has been heavily criticised by an employment tribunal over the unfair dismissal of its former chief executive.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Can region justify its outlying workforce numbers?
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.