All Workforce articles – Page 135
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CommentStaff engagement: a fundamental shift starts with a bungee jump
Despite the NHS staff surveys revealing a range of issues that need to be tackled, staff typically say that nothing happens to fix them. A shift of consciousness amongst leaders is needed to help build the belief that things can be different. By Hannah Forbes
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NewsRevealed: Additional payments push senior payoffs above NHS limit
Several senior staff at clinical commissioning groups have left with payments above the £160,000 cap as their redundancy payoffs are being topped off with payments in lieu.
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CommentSex, lies and the ‘intentionally difficult doctor’
To regulate unprofessional conduct of healthcare professionals, a governance framework that defines and measures medical professionalism using reliable data is needed, suggests Nadeem Moghal
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Expert Briefing‘About that bus…?’: Brexit fatigue is no joke for the NHS
Welcome to the ‘About that bus…?’ weekly newsletter – giving you the inside track on how the fallout from Brexit is affecting the NHS at national and local level, edited by James Illman. Contact me in confidence.
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NewsDeputy CEO of NHS Digital moving to consultancy
NHS Digital’s deputy chief executive Rob Shaw has announced he will step down from his role in December.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures hospital seeks ‘workforce academy’
A struggling district general hospital is in discussions with a local college to establish a “workforce academy” and school of nursing to address its workforce problems, its chief executive told HSJ.
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CommentWhy are NHS trusts not doing more research?
Clinical research has a positive impact on society, so why isn’t every hospital and healthcare professional in the UK supporting research, asks Dr William Van’t Hoff
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NewsRegulator launches emotional support helpline
The nursing regulator has launched a new support helpline for nurses and midwives who are going through its fitness to practise process in a bid by its new chief executive to “truly humanise how we operate”.
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NewsUpdated: 60,000 staff fall under potential post-Brexit migration salary cap
More than 60,000 NHS workers from overseas would fall under an increased immigration salary threshold which has been proposed to government, an analysis by HSJ has revealed.
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NewsTrust mulls Supreme Court appeal over landmark rest case
The Supreme Court could hear a landmark case on trainee doctors’ rest breaks, which could have “huge implications” for NHS trusts.
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NewsHopson: Winter will test regulators on ‘aggressive command and control’
Changing the NHS’ culture from “aggressive command and control” to “support and improvement first” will be a “clear test” for NHS England and Improvement, particularly this winter, the chief executive of NHS Providers has said.
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CommentIt is time to face up to the difficult questions facing the NHS
A new report reveals that 91 per cent of trust leaders are worried that unless politicians have a full, frank and open national conversation about the severe pressures facing the NHS, we risk damaging public trust and faith in the NHS
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NewsNHS’ chief information officer departs for tech giant
Former NHS chief information officer Will Smart has taken up a position with global firm DXC Technology.
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NewsNHS England director backs tighter recruitment checks
NHS England’s national director for mental health is considering asking trusts to look at their recruitment processes, after discovering her own trust had hired a nurse who previously falsified a care plan.
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NewsTop A&E doctor: Pensions tax puts safety at risk over winter
The leader of the emergency medicine profession has issued a fresh warning about its doctors cutting their hours due to new pension tax rules as demand surges through winter.
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NewsVirgin Care hires former NHS regulator boss
David Bennett, the former boss of the competition regulator Monitor, has been appointed chair of Virgin Care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsJunior doctors pursued for pension costs after backdated pay rise
Hundreds of junior doctors are being pursued by NHS trusts for unpaid pension contributions linked to their backdated pay award, HSJ has learned.
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NewsIndependent review ‘may cause surgeons to stop work’
The hospital trust at the centre of a governance scandal has warned that some of its surgeons may stop working when an independent review into one of its specialist units is published.
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NewsNew rule to stop NHS directors ‘revolving door’
New rules will mandate trusts to supply references when NHS directors are given a new job, in a bid to stop the so-called “revolving door” for those who have failed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBoost registered nurses to protect and retain staff, finds research
Increasing the number of registered nurses working in mental health settings could help protect thousands of other NHS staff, according to research shared with HSJ and published today.