All Workforce articles – Page 206
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NewsSuspension of NICE staffing guidance sparks safety fears among nurses
The suspension of safe staffing guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has left almost three quarters of nurses worried that patient safety will suffer, a UK-wide survey has revealed.
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LeaderThe 'GP Forward View' avoids some awkward realities of reform
Today’s national strategy for general practice had to fulfil two separate purposes. In doing so, it has omitted some uncomfortable but important realities, writes Dave West
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NewsExclusive: Junior doctor leaders mull indefinite strike action
Junior doctors’ leaders discuss possible indefinite strike action BMA committee chair says no decision has been made ahead of next week’s strike Latest leak follows revelation of NHS Improvement email to trusts over engagement with doctors Senior members of the British Medical Association junior doctors’ committee ...
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NewsNHS Improvement to allow local power over nurse staffing levels
The NHS should allow local discretion on nurse staffing levels but trusts will be expected to report against outcome measures to support patient care, according to an NHS Improvement director.
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NewsFoundation trust chief made NHS England mental health director
Simon Stevens appoints Claire Murdoch on secondment from trust Ms Murdoch will work on implementing mental health taskforce report She is the third provider chief executive brought in for a national director role One of the most influential foundation trust chief executives in the country has been appointed ...
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NewsHospitals may 'struggle to cope' with walkout, GMC warns
Some hospitals may “struggle to cope” with next week’s planned strike and junior doctors should consider the impact on patients before taking action, the General Medical Council has warned.
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NewsBMA: Strike will be cancelled if Hunt drops imposition
Junior doctors have said they will abandon next week’s two day strike if the government drops its threat to impose a new contract.
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CommentFailure to engage junior doctors will deprive the NHS of future leaders
Engaging the trainee medical workforce in management roles represents a significant challenge, yet one that is essential to the future of the NHS. By Tim Robbins and colleagues
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NewsBMA rejected plea from junior doctors’ leader to exclude children’s care from strike
Internal emails show BMA leader wanted paediatrics to be excluded from full walkout Withdrawing emergency care for children would be “difficult line to defend” Full emergency strikes planned for 26 and 27 April with no exclusions EXCLUSIVE: Internal emails from the British Medical Association show junior doctors’ leader ...
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NewsTransplants axed and wards closed amid trust’s nurse shortage
Sources reveal critical care bed crisis at one of the country’s largest hospital trusts Two wards closed at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’ University Hospital Liver transplant operations cancelled because of a lack of intensive care beds Liver transplant operations at one of the country’s flagship teaching ...
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement denies locum cap caused Lancashire A&E crisis
NHS Improvement refutes claim that agency cap caused Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ A&E crisis Trust warned regulator of agency cap concerns months before downgrading an A&E FT claims cap caused staffing crisis across emergency department and other medical specialities NHS Improvement was warned that the locum pay cap was ...
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HSJ KnowledgeBME leaders: we've got the will, now let's get the way
How BME healthcare leaders can best be supported to deliver the major challenges ahead
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HSJ LocalKent CCG looks to Calais staff to reduce waiting times
WORKFORCE: A Kent clinical commissioning group is considering bringing in clinicians from Calais to help reduce waiting times and increase choice locally.
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HSJ LocalTrust drops controversial pension opt-out scheme
A mental health trust has halted a controversial recruitment scheme, in which nursing staff were offered the chance to sacrifice pension contributions in return for better pay.
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HSJ LocalMidlands ambulance trusts could share chief executive
East Midlands Ambulance Service in talks which could see West Midlands chief executive “working with” them EMAS rules out merger as a way to solve performance problems WORKFORCE: East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust has been in discussions with NHS Improvement to “strengthen” its leadership arrangements since the struggling ...
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HSJ LocalFormer nursing director suspended by NMC
WORKFORCE: A former nursing director has been suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council after a report exposed serious failings at Liverpool Community Health Trust.
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HSJ LocalMP and union demand improvement from private transport service
Less than a week after new providers took over patient transport services in Sussex an MP is warning she will raise issues with ministers if they are not resolved quickly, while union members have also been balloted over strike action.
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HSJ KnowledgeLeadership programmes as a means to grow capability
Belinda Weir and Deborah Davis look at what works for leadership development programmes and why trusts should invest in them
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the system is not working for locums
The NHS will not control the problem of agency costs until it controls its own workforce, James Foxlee tells Daloni Carlisle
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: It's time for action, not words, on BME career progression
NHS trust boards have failed in their duty to grow BME representation so what compelling action can now be taken?