All Workforce articles – Page 234
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HSJ LocalManchester FT recruits 270 nurses from India to plug gaps
WORKFORCE: A major acute trust in Manchester has recruited more than 260 nurses from India as it tries to plug gaps in its workforce.
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NewsIreland looks to tempt 500 nurses back home
Irish nurses and midwives working in the English NHS are being tempted to return home in a new campaign by the Irish Health Service Executive.
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NewsNew study into impact of staffing levels on patient care
UK researchers are to begin a new study investigating how the provision of nurses in hospitals affects the care and safety of patients.
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HSJ LocalDevo Manc leaders accept national regulation
REGULATION: Leaders of the Greater Manchester devolution project have accepted that national bodies such as Monitor will still be responsible for regulating NHS services in the region.
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HSJ LocalMonitor could remove directors at financially stricken FT
PERFORMANCE: A London hospital trust that only gained foundation status in February has been threatened with leadership change following an investigation by Monitor.
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NewsNHS Improvement to establish succession plan for top 200 leaders
The new regulator NHS Improvement will develop a national succession programme for the top 200 provider and commissioner leadership posts in the NHS, including establishing a talent pool.
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NewsNICE makes U-turn over publishing safe staffing guidance
Plans to publish safe nurse staffing guidance for emergency departments have been abandoned in a U-turn by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive to retire after 42 years in NHS
WORKFORCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust chief executive Tricia Hart is to retire.
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HSJ PartnersEquality: If the system won't help, it's time for collective action
Women on NHS boards has fallen
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CommentRose misses the chance to tackle bullying and inequality
Report is remarkable for what it doesn’t say
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NewsInteractive: How your trust is performing on staffing levels
HSJ’s analysis of the proportion of nursing shifts filled according to acute hospitals’ own staffing plans, as reported in the ‘safe staffing’ data collected by NHS England.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals fail to hit staffing targets despite recruitment drive
The ability of NHS acute trusts to employ sufficient numbers of nurses on hospital wards has worsened this year compared with 2014 despite record levels of recruitment, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalMonitor probes trust governance following unfair dismissal ruling
LEADERSHIP: Monitor is investigating how a mental health trust is run after an employment tribunal found that a trust director was unfairly dismissed after being harassed by the former trust chair.
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CommentWhat Hunt failed to mention in his 25 year vision
He needs to get real about seven day services
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NewsRise in hospitals using ‘risky’ 12 hour shifts for nurses
There has been an increase in the use of 12 hour nursing shifts that potentially put care quality at risk, according a review commissioned by England’s chief nursing officer.
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HSJ KnowledgeShort and long term fixes for workforce pressures
In the face of rising pressures, we explore solutions including training rotations and a cap on agency staffing
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HSJ LocalTrust launches review after agency spend doubles
WORKFORCE: A West Midlands acute trust has launched a review of its agency spending, after figures revealed it spent double the amount on agency nurses in June than it did in the same month in 2014.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees living wage pay rise for 460 staff
WORKFORCE: A West Midlands acute trust is to increase salaries for its lowest paid staff to ensure they earn the living wage.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt says hospital chief found ‘fit and proper’
The health secretary has said that a hospital chief executive has been assessed as ‘fit and proper’, after regulators considered a series of serious concerns against him.