All Workforce articles – Page 211

  • Whistle
    News

    Exclusive: CCG whistleblower sacked days after raising conflicts of interest

    2016-02-19T07:00:00Z

    Manager at Barnet CCG dismissed after raising conflicts of interest Verita report says he should have been protected by the CCG’s whistleblowing policy and legislation Senior CCG staff said they were not aware he was making a whistleblowing complaint and contract was terminated because of sickness absence A ...

  • Darren leech
    Comment

    Is coaching a helpful intervention for ‘triumvirate’ teams in the NHS?

    2016-02-18T12:39:00Z

    Coaching could possibly provide a short, useful intervention to better enable medical, nursing and operational executives to quickly get to grips with their own team dynamic. Darren Leech writes

  • Sir Robert Naylor
    News

    Naylor appointed as government estates tsar

    2016-02-17T12:05:00Z

    UCLH chief executive will also focus on NHS land and buildings in London Comes after Lord Carter predicted that £1bn could be saved by 2019-20 through more efficient use of estates in the acute sector Lord Prior has suggested the work will help the government meet its “housing ambitions” ...

  • Ian Cumming
    News

    Trusts may lose training cash if they don’t impose contract, warns HEE

    2016-02-17T11:05:00Z

    HEE chief executive Ian Cumming says he is not prepared to see a competitive market between trusts with different junior doctor contracts Adoption of new contract will be key criteria for HEE decisions on training posts with NHS trusts Follows speculation some trusts could choose not to adopt the ...

  • Jim Mackey
    News

    Mackey: Junior doctors’ contract should be 'consistently' implemented

    2016-02-16T17:00:00Z

    Jim Mackey says NHS Improvement will “do all we can” to ensure consistent implementation He says Sir David Dalton deserves the full support of trust chief executives and chairs Mr Mackey calls social media attacks on chief executives “unacceptable and unprofessional” The chief executive of NHS Improvement has ...

  • Queen's Hospital, Burton
    HSJ Local

    Midlands FT chief executive resigns

    2016-02-16T10:59:00Z

    The chief executive of Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has resigned after steering the trust out of special measures last October.

  • Comment

    Consultants and human resources teams must come together for better recruitment

    2016-02-15T07:20:00Z

    Consultant recruitment needs joined up working and better communication, Rebecca Bridger writes

  • Doctor strike Jan 2016
    News

    BMA will consider 'every form and frequency' of industrial action

    2016-02-12T17:15:00Z

    Junior doctors’ committee chair writes that the BMA will consider “every form and frequency” of industrial action Johan Malawana says the union needs to be “smart” to ensure the government is the target, not other doctors or the NHS Comments suggest sustained strike action could happen in coming months ...

  • letter note writing
    News

    Revealed: How Dalton's contract letter unravelled

    2016-02-12T12:46:00Z

    NHS chief executives were given just four hours to agree whether or not their name was included in Sir David Dalton’s letter sent to health secretary Jeremy Hunt, it emerged on Friday.

  • John bevan
    Comment

    A staffing overhaul is required for 24/7 services

    2016-02-12T10:00:00Z

    An increased number of specialists, concentration of acute and emergency services in fewer hospitals would allow us to achieve the goal of seven day working. John Bevan writes

  • Doctor strike Jan 2016 2
    News

    Dalton: BMA was ‘not serious about reaching a compromise’

    2016-02-12T09:00:00Z

    Sir David Dalton says new contract should be introduced after negotiations were “exhausted” Salford Royal chief executive says the BMA was not serious about negotiating a deal Criticises social media commentary as “distasteful” and unhelpful Calls for NHS leaders to meet with their staff to address low morale ...

  • Rebecca rosen 3x2
    Comment

    Is it time for the NHS to have a ‘psychologist in residence’?

    2016-02-11T16:07:00Z

    The effort required to transform NHS care is often in reality a job too far for overworked NHS staff

  • Claire Murdoch
    News

    Updated noon: 14 chiefs now deny support for contract imposition

    2016-02-11T13:35:00Z

    14 chief executives out of 20 who were listed on Sir David Dalton’s letter say they did and do not support imposition of new contract Contrasts with Jeremy Hunt’s apparent suggestion to Parliament that he had their backing Sir David tells HSJ the chief executives listed had not been ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Government will impose new junior doctors' contract

    2016-02-11T12:15:00Z

    Health secretary says new contract will deliver increases in basic pay plus premium pay for weekend work Imposition follows three years of no progress on talks with the BMA Heidi Alexander tells says imposing a deal is a “sign of failure” HSJ Live: reaction to the new junior doctors’ ...

  • Physiotherapy
    News

    HEE under fire for 'inexplicable' physio cuts

    2016-02-11T10:56:00Z

    Chartered Society for Physiotherapy questions HEE’s workforce predictions Physiotherapy training places will be cut by 6.7 per cent in 2016-17 HEE says it stands by its forecast and will deliver 5,124 additional physiotherapy staff by 2020 Health Education England has come under fire for “inexplicable” cuts to physiotherapy ...

  • Harry Evans
    Comment

    Analysed: public reaction to the junior doctors’ strike

    2016-02-11T10:22:00Z

    Public support has strengthened in favour of junior doctors, with an increase in those strongly supporting yesterday’s strike compared to the one in January. 

  • David Dalton
    News

    Dalton tells Hunt to 'do what is necessary' on junior doctors' contract

    2016-02-11T09:41:00Z

    Sir David Dalton says agreement not possible and government should take action to deliver certainty to the NHS Jeremy Hunt to speak in Parliament at 12.15pm and could announce plans to impose a deal Sir David says BMA unwilling to accept any plain time working on Saturday despite new ...

  • Peter sykes
    Comment

    Echoes of the past in the junior doctors' row

    2016-02-10T08:00:00Z

    Peter Sykes delves into the past and compares the junior doctos’ dispute with industrial action in 1975

  • Hospital staff rushing with patient
    News

    Staff agencies struggle to meet NHS demand following pay cap

    2016-02-10T07:00:00Z

    Survey suggests agencies are struggling to fill NHS shifts following introduction of pay caps Monitor says the majority of trusts are not struggling to find temporary staff but a third of providers have said it is more difficult Jim Mackey says NHS’s financial challenge “should not be at the ...

  • Healthcare assistant
    News

    Higher number of HCAs linked with increased mortality, says study

    2016-02-09T23:30:00Z

    Research shows trusts with a higher number of healthcare assistants relative to bed numbers had an increased risk of mortality Study also found an association between higher numbers of nurses and doctors to patients and a fall in mortality rates Authors warn NHS policymakers against regarding HCAs as interchangeable ...