All Workforce articles – Page 183
-
HSJ LocalGPs will be denied pay without proof of employees' training
GPs in part of Greater Manchester have been told by commissioners they will not get paid for health checks without proof that staff are properly trained.
-
NewsHEE accepts it is an employer of junior doctors
Health Education England has accepted it is a joint employer of junior doctors alongside NHS trusts, an employment tribunal was told today.
-
HSJ LocalTrust holds up whistleblower investigation
An investigation by the National Freedom to Speak Up Guardian’s Office has been delayed because an NHS trust said it would not fit into its improvement timetable – and then refused a request to speed things up, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsNHS England finds 'significant issues' with GP pension records
An NHS England report has found “significant issues” with the accuracy of GP pension records, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsBill to protect staff from assault 'sends message' to employers, says MP
The bill to protect healthcare and emergency services workers from assault will “send a message to employers” to take incidents more seriously, one of the MPs behind it has told HSJ.
-
NewsHarding: Centre should support NHS leaders not 'decapitate' them
The health service often “decapitates” senior leaders who take on difficult jobs when it should be supporting and promoting them, the chair of NHS Improvement has said.
-
NewsRevealed: New money for 15 trusts to trial flexible working
Fifteen NHS trusts have been selected by the Department of Health and Social Care to receive funding for pilot projects to enable flexible working.
-
News'Golden hellos' offered to postgrad nurses to fill staffing gaps
Some postgraduate nurses will be offered £10,000 by the government to tackle staff shortages in specific areas of nursing.
-
CommentNHS managers should develop a stronger voice for good management
Speeding up improvements would mean understanding more about good management in the NHS and challenging poor management – less through regulation and more through stronger peer networks, writes Jennifer Dixon
-
CommentMaking demand and capacity planning more robust
Paul Stroner gives an update on a programme by NHS England and NHS Improvement that aims to improve demand and capacity modelling in elective care
-
HSJ LocalOver 1,000 staff to transfer to trust subsidiary company
Around 1,100 staff at a teaching trust, including many employed by Serco, are to transfer into a new NHS owned company this summer.
-
NewsNHS Improvement tells trusts to 'upgrade' workforce plans
NHS Improvement has called on trusts to strengthen their workforce plans, after a review found all of them could be “more robust”.
-
NewsHealth secretary backs dedicated NHS and care staff visa
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will raise the prospect of creating a dedicated immigration visa category for health and social care staff with the new home secretary, he has revealed to HSJ.
-
NewsRegulator orders review of community team caseloads
A mental health trust has been ordered to carry out an immediate review of community team caseloads after concerns about “ongoing risks” to patients.
-
HSJ LocalChief vows to have BME representative on all senior interview panels
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust will no longer have interview panels for senior roles without a representative from a black or minority ethnic background, the chief executive has said.
-
CommentCowper’s Cut: How to spend it best: theft, teaching and toxin-taming
Andy Cowper discusses three themes of theft, teaching and toxin-taming that should inform the NHS turnaround strategy
-
CommentIncrease the provision of perinatal mental health services to train psychiatrists
We need each generation of perinatal psychiatrists to lead the development of the next and wider teams to be knowledgeable about the issues, risks and care of all women of childbearing potential, writes Dr Liz McDonald
-
News
Royal college revalidation advice 'not consistent' with GMC
A review into medical workforce revalidation has questioned the role of royal colleges and suggested the need for new specialty specific guidance.
-
HSJ LocalTrust pulls out of £25m transport contract
An ambulance trust plans to pull out of a five year patient transport contract that it says is “unsustainable” without extra funding.
-
HSJ LocalStruggling STP bans 'unhelpful' board member behaviour
A struggling sustainability and transformation partnership has created a list of “helpful” and “unhelpful” behaviours for its board members and plans to hold a “reconciliation event” for system leaders.