All Workforce articles – Page 220
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NewsAgency staff pricing caps bring 'significant risks', say regulators
Regulators have said the new price caps for agency staff will bring ‘significant risks’ for patient safety and performance, especially for trusts with reputational problems.
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HSJ LocalTrust charged with corporate manslaughter pleads not guilty
The first NHS trust to be charged with corporate manslaughter following the death of a patient has pleaded not guilty today.
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NewsMid Staffs trust to face criminal charges over patient deaths
The former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to face criminal charges in relation to the deaths of four patients.
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NewsHome secretary lifts controls on nurse immigration
The home secretary has moved to immediately relax controversial immigration controls on nurses working in the UK, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts will struggle to achieve agency nurse spending caps
Several trusts will struggle to reduce spending on agency nurses in line with the targets set by regulators, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: NICE safe staffing U-turn followed meeting with Hunt's office
A decision by NICE to reverse its plans to publish work on safe nurse staffing levels came immediately after an email exchange between its chief executive and Jeremy Hunt’s office, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ launches NHS workforce investigation
HSJ has launched an investigation into the causes and consequences of the NHS’s growing reliance on temporary clinical and medical staff.
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CommentWe can be optimistic about the future of NHS staffing
Staff spending is simply unsustainable. This investigation hopes to find a solution, writes Claire Billenness
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SupplementsSpecial report: Health, housing and care are successful together
Case studies in Leicestershire
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NewsExclusive: Eliminating elective variation can save NHS £1.4bn, says Monitor
More than £1bn can be saved if the NHS wipes out variations in elective care productivity, according to a new report from Monitor.
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NewsNMC approves introduction of nurse revalidation in April
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has today approved plans for the introduction of a major new system of competency checks for registered nurses and midwives, with the regulator’s chief executive describing it as a ‘historic’ moment.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Immigration rules derail major nurse recruitment plans
WORKFORCE: A Manchester trust’s plans to draft in 275 nurses from India have been thrown into doubt due to difficulties securing visas.
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NewsHunt offers BMA ‘unequivocal assurances’ over contract reform
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to the British Medical Association to offer ‘unequivocal assurances’ over plans to reform junior doctor contracts.