All Workforce articles – Page 142
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NewsManagers most likely to say mental ill-health caused sick leave
NHS managers are most likely to cite stress, anxiety and depression as the cause of their sickness absence, according to the latest NHS data.
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NewsHEE medical director: New junior doctors feel unprepared for work
More needs to be done to help junior doctors prepare for their work in the NHS, according to Health Education England’s medical director.
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NewsMinisters waved through most £150k plus exec salaries last year
Health ministers rubber stamped the pay of 65 senior NHS executives last year, HSJ has learned.
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CommentStaff goodwill is a critical lifeline for the survival of the NHS
Goodwill is not just a preventive force to stop bad things happening, but a positive experience for patients in their hour of greatest need. By Jessica Arnold
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NewsAndrew Dillon to end his 20 year reign at NICE
Sir Andrew Dillon will step down as the chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in March 2020 after more than 20 years in the role.
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CommentWhy the NHS must do more to support communities, and how they can do it
A new report notes that the NHS is uniquely positioned to support more prosperous, healthy and sustainable communities, say Sarah Reed and Dominique Allwood
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NewsICS to lose managing director in the autumn
The managing director of a ‘first-wave’ integrated care system is to step down in the autumn, HSJ understands.
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News‘Breakdown of trust’ at provider blamed on ‘unhelpful views and behaviours’
Relations between an NHS trust board and its council of governors broke down amid a “them and us” environment, an independent review has found.
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NewsTrusts face ‘barriers’ to apprenticeship funding
Trusts are unable to take full advantage of subsidised training under the government’s apprenticeship levy because the scheme is not flexible, HSJ has been warned.
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NewsUnaccredited counsellors providing NHS-funded care
Counsellors without the required accreditation are providing NHS-funded therapy services, despite NHS England tightening the rules for providers.
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NewsTrusts could pay consultants through companies to avoid pension tax
A group of NHS trusts had explored letting doctors set up their own companies as a workaround for consultants who have cut their additional hours to avoid being hit with “punitive” tax bills, HSJ has learned. Trusts have explored LLPs as a workaround to ’punitive’ pension tax bills problem ...
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CommentCan care integration cure ‘shitty life syndrome’?
Introduced by the chief executive of the primary care trust as the director “from social services”, I was a regular attender at GP-dominated meetings of those responsible for primary and community health services.
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NewsMedical leaders must tackle 'untouchable' doctors
Medical leaders need to prevent and tackle “problematic subcultures”, which can include groups of “divas” who are viewed as “untouchable”, new General Medical Council research has concluded.
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HSJ LocalCCG chief leaves for Catholic church
A long-serving accountable officer has left her clinical commissioning group to take up a position in the Catholic church.
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CommentInvesting in healthcare students’ education is essential
Following the plea from Simon Stevens to better support healthcare students, Danny Mortimer of NHS Employers considers the impact of education funding policy changes and identifies the priorities in supporting qualified staff to meet the needs of the long-term plan.
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NewsNHS takeover of treatment centre sparks tax and pension fears among medical staff
The Nottingham Treatment Centre may face a shortage of medical staff as a result of some doctors’ concerns that its takeover by the NHS could have negative tax and pension implications for them.
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CommentChief executives need to get “noisy” on racism
Nadeem Moghal sets out the actions that can be taken by NHS leadership to enhance equality
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NewsBullying culture ‘persists’ at scandal hit trust MP warned minister
A bullying culture still “persists” at Wirral University Teaching Hospital FT 18 months after a major governance scandal was exposed, a senior Parliamentarian has told health ministers.
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NewsTrust CEO says pension proposals make him feel like ‘second-class NHS citizen’
The government has been accused by senior NHS figures of treating managers unfairly after confirming pension changes would not apply to them.
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NewsPensions crisis forces trust to give doctors time off in lieu
Consultants at a major teaching trust were offered time off in lieu to stop them refusing extra work because of the ongoing NHS pensions crisis, HSJ has learned.