All Workforce articles – Page 240
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NewsPay review says doctors should lose weekend opt-out
There is a ‘compelling’ case for seven day services in the NHS and medical consultants should lose their contractual opt-out for weekend work, according to an independent pay review.
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NewsHunt intervention: NICE will review new body's safe staffing guidance
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt today intervened in the debate over safe staffing levels in the NHS, announcing future guidelines will be independently reviewed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsPay review body backs seven day services
The independent NHS Pay Review Body has said there is a ‘compelling’ case for moving towards seven day working, in a report published this morning.
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NewsRose review: Health Education England to take over Leadership Academy
Health Education England is to take over responsibility for the NHS Leadership Academy, the health secretary confirmed today.
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CommentRegulation isn't the answer - develop leaders across the board
Leadership throughout the clinical workforce
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NewsNew body takes over NHS England safety responsibilities
NHS England’s safety function will be moved to the new combined provider regulation body NHS Improvement.
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NewsProfessional codes 'fit for purpose', Keogh reports
The professional codes for nurses and doctors are fit for purpose - but further work should be done to provide incentives to ensure all staff are more open, the NHS medical director has reported.
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NewsHunt speech: Health secretary sets out '25 year vision'
Jeremy Hunt has promised ‘more transparency in return for fewer targets’ in a major speech setting out his vision for the direction of the NHS over the next 25 years today.
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NewsHunt issues ultimatum to BMA over seven day working
Jeremy Hunt will today give doctors an ultimatum over seven day working as part of a major speech setting his intended direction for the service for the next 25 years.
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CommentKirkup: Morecambe Bay will happen again if underlying causes aren't eradicated
It’s an opportunity to improve
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NewsNHS can be 'world leader' on patient safety, say healthcare leaders
The NHS can be a ‘world leader’ in many areas of patient safety but only if it starts taking immediate action to improve, healthcare leaders have said in a report published by HSJ today.
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NewsExclusive: Midlands trusts to create £1bn turnover alliance
Three West Midlands hospital trusts are to create an alliance with a combined turnover of almost £1bn and a catchment population of more than 1 million, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Providers expected to use unofficial NICE staffing guidance
NHS providers may have to increase the number of nurses in emergency departments after regulators and the Department of Health suggested trusts need to consider new safe staffing evidence from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsExclusive: NICE to publish A&E staffing guidance not wanted by NHS England
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will publish recommended nurse staffing levels for accident and emergency departments despite being asked by NHS England to drop the work, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ PartnersSenior nurses won't stay unless patients are the main focus
Feel they cannot drive improvement
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SupplementsTop chief executives roundtable: The new, post-election era brings new questions
The first of three panel discussions
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NewsMinister: Hospitals that try to be 'islands of autonomy' will fail
The new minister for NHS productivity has warned that acute trusts will fail if they try to get through the coming NHS savings drive as ‘islands of autonomy’.
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NewsBudget: Four more years of public sector pay restraint
Chancellor George Osborne has announced four further years of public sector pay restraint, in a surprise move as part of today’s summer Budget.