All Workforce articles – Page 4
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NewsFirst chair for ‘NHS leadership college’ appointed
A former chair of NHS Improvement has been appointed to lead the new national “college” for senior managers and clinical leaders, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDHSC paying £1.8m for advice on ‘culture and pay’
The Department of Health and Social Care is paying a management consultancy £1.8m to help it “create and drive the right target culture” – and to advise on “pay strategy” – as it absorbs NHS England.
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CommentPatient power payments risk driving defensive medicine in the NHS
Giving patients greater influence over provider payment could improve accountability, but clinicians warn it may encourage defensive practice and place further strain on NHS services
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NewsSpiralling cost of mental health patients stuck in acute hospitals revealed
Hospital trusts are spending millions of pounds a year on expensive temporary staff to look after mental health patients stranded in emergency departments and acute wards, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsRevealed: Huge variation in NHSE regional job cuts
The level of job cuts across the NHS England regional teams is set to vary significantly, with London’s headcount reduced by around half but another region facing a cut of around just 15 per cent, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMotivation gap grows between bank and substantive staff
NHS bank staff motivation and engagement have increased in a new national survey, in contrast to falling scores among other colleagues.
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CommentThe global lessons on how to shift care closer to home
Global evidence shows primary care reforms often face political resistance, requiring deliberate strategies to sustain change and avoid stalled or collapsed implementation
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NewsHospital launches review of stillbirths
A trust whose maternity care is under scrutiny is launching a review of all stillbirths last year, it has confirmed to HSJ.
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NewsStaff pride in CQC at record low as review warns of ‘further crisis’
There has been a drop in the proportion of staff feeling proud to work at the Care Quality Commission, its latest survey suggests – with nearly half of employees answering this question neutrally or negatively.
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NewsNHSE whistleblowing takeover ‘will have chilling effect’
NHS England’s plan to take over a key whistleblowing initiative will have a “chilling effect” on staff wishing to speak up, experts have warned.
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NewsBlack staff ‘hit harder by management cuts’
Managers from diverse ethnic backgrounds say they are “losing roles at a higher rate” than others during a wave of NHS management restructures.
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HSJ LocalUnqualified therapist treated patients for 10 months
An individual worked as a cognitive behavioural therapist at a trust for 10 months without having the qualifications to do so, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCEO to depart trust battling long waits
A large trust struggling with elective care performance has announced its chief executive is leaving.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: What to put in the 10-Year Workforce Plan
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By senior HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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NewsDHSC medical director revealed
An integrated care board member has been appointed as the new national medical director across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.
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NewsTrust loses ‘outstanding’ rating
A trust’s leadership has been downgraded from an “outstanding” rating to “requires improvement” by the care watchdog, which cited poor management practices, “pockets of poor culture” and bullying.
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NewsChief nurse appointed as trust CEO
A trust’s chief nurse has been appointed as its permanent chief executive.
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NewsGP spend share at lowest point in a decade
The proportion of the NHS budget spent on general practice has fallen to its lowest point in at least 10 years, according to figures newly released by government.
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CommentCultural differences in British society are being ignored by NHS reform
Structural reforms ignore how to handle cultural differences within the population, leaving clinicians without frameworks for making complex decisions, risking inequity, unsafe care, and weak accountability
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NewsEqual recruitment worst in a decade, according to NHSE data
The relative chance of minority ethnic applicants being recruited from an NHS job shortlist compared to others has fallen to the lowest level in the decade it has been monitored.