All Workforce articles – Page 180
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Challenge the narrative of inevitable failure
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under the radar stories.
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Comment
Physician associates can help meet the NHS workforce gap
Providers must find ways to integrate physician associates into the NHS workforce and optimise their skill sets, says Sam Roberts
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CommentIt’s time for a new mindset to unlock the power of the NHS’s support staff
A change of mindset is needed if the NHS is to truly unlock the power of support staff to deliver better value, better environments and better care, writes Ian Crichton
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HSJ KnowledgeFrom 'I'm only a porter' to 'I'm a porter': Supporting non-clinical staff to recognise their value
Support and train non-clinical staff for better care
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HSJ KnowledgeWhen support staff go the extra mile to assist patients
The NHS’s half million support staff can encourage the sort of positive attitude among patients that promotes recovery. Claire Read finds out more
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HSJ LocalTrust defies CQC order to change weapons search policy
A large mental health trust is resisting a requirement from the Care Quality Commission to drop blanket patient searches as it would put people at risk from knife crime.
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HSJ LocalNewcastle Hospitals appoints NHS England non-exec as chair
One of the country’s largest teaching hospitals has appointed an NHS England non-executive director and clinical genetics professor as its new chair.
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NewsBMA stance on whistleblower protection 'misguided', claims charity
Whistleblowing charity Public Concern at Work has raised fears over the level of whistleblowing protection for junior doctors.
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NewsFrancis: NHS leadership 'shied away' from safe staffing evidence
NHS leaders have ‘shied away’ from accepting certain staff are associated with safe care, Sir Robert Francis QC has said.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts urged to review 'advanced practice' staff
NHS organisations should review staff who have been given the title ‘advanced’ as part of their role and guard against ‘unconscious incompetence’, new guidance says.
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CommentSupport local leaders or risk having no leaders in future
The NHS’s current management approach favours the stick rather than the carrot, leading to huge pressures on local leaders and could undermine the success of STPs, warns Helen Buckingham
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NewsExclusive: Whistleblower guardian criticises CQC over fit and proper person test
The national whistleblower protection body has asked the Care Quality Commission to “develop” its fit and proper person regulation after it discovered a trust “failed to adequately investigate” concerns raised about the behaviour of one its directors.
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HSJ KnowledgeLeadership Q&A: Manchester University Foundation Trust
Margot Johnson, group executive director of workforce and organisational development at Manchester University Foundation Trust, explains why the role of director of HR will inspire and guide in a dynamic environment
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CommentLifting the cap: Paying for the pay rise
The often repeated strategy of getting NHS staff to deliver more for less has run out of road, says Harry Quliter-Pinner
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NewsAccountable care providers may gain access to NHS pension
The government has launched a consultation to make it easier for independent providers and organisations involved in new care model and accountable care contracts to have access to the NHS pension scheme.
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HSJ LocalSecond director leaves struggling teaching trust in seven days
The chief operating officer of a King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust has left the struggling provider, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ KnowledgeLeadership Q&A: Manchester University Foundation Trust
Cheryl Lenney, chief nurse at Manchester University Foundation Trust, explains why the role of director of nursing makes a massive impact on the quality of patient care and clinical outcomes
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NewsExclusive: NHS England appoints new medical director
Professor Steve Powis, the current medical director of the Royal Free Foundation Trust, has been appointed to replace Sir Bruce Keogh at NHS England, HSJ understands.
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CommentProtect trainee doctors to protect patient safety
Annual trainee quality panels can help address bullying and other cultural and safety issues within local hospitals and training posts, say Zoe Oliphant and Iona Thorne
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NewsRevealed: 'Broad principles' agreed for major pay reform
Unions and employers have agreed ‘broad principles’ for reforming the terms and conditions of more than a million NHS workers, HSJ has learned.