All Workforce articles – Page 61
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NewsFormer minister to chair Commons health committee
A former junior health minister has been selected as the new chair of the Commons health and social care committee.
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NewsPritchard: ICBs will ‘rationalise roles’ to make savings
Amanda Pritchard has said integrated care boards will need to “rationalise roles [and] processes” and use “economies of scale” to cut costs, following on from NHS England’s plans to cut around 6,000 posts.
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NewsNHS England orders ‘arctic willow’ test run for strikes
Systems have been told by NHS England to prepare to take part in a “multi-day exercise” to stress test the health service ahead of a winter of extreme operational pressures and possible strike action.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Back to the 1950s
Steve Barclay returns as health secretary, and he joins the NHS at a time when the health service faces its worst funding squeeze in many decades.
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NewsBoard to get anti-racism training as CQC orders cultural improvements
Regulators have told the agency that supplies blood to the NHS to develop a more inclusive culture, after hearing multiple reports of ethnic minority staff being ‘disrespected’ and discriminated against.
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NewsBarclay back as health secretary
Steve Barclay has again been appointed as health and social care secretary, after Therese Coffey was moved to another cabinet post.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Primary Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER Lancashire & South Cumbria FT: Delivering a Mental Health Prevention and Promotion Service
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: New lows for ambulance handover crisis
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsRevealed: Racism a ‘very serious problem’ at NHS agency
The troubled agency that supplies blood to the NHS has a ’very serious problem’ with racism, a staff survey has revealed.
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CommentParkinson’s patients feel abandoned by the NHS policy makers
Sam Freeman Carney talks about the challenges that people with Parkinson’s face as a result of workforce shortages in the NHS.
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NewsNHSE agrees day rates of up to £1,600 for consultants and temporary managers
NHS England has approved two in three requests for trusts to bring in temporary ’very senior managers’ and consultants on daily rates of up to £1,600.
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NewsCQC taking ‘regulatory action’ against every fourth service it inspects
A quarter of high-risk services the Care Quality Commission has recently inspected required enforcement action from the regulator, its chief executive has revealed.
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CommentEnding religious discrimination in the NHS
Dr. Hina Shahid discusses the religious discrimination experienced by NHS staff from ethnic minority backgrounds, as well as the steps required to achieve wellbeing equity.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What Chancellor Hunt means for the NHS
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt is now the most powerful person in the country. We discuss what some of his mini-budget reversals mean for the NHS and if the health service is safe in his hands.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Doing North Bristol here
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentBuilding an effective palliative care workforce
Toby Porter emphasises the need to develop a strong end-of-life care workforce that is prepared to meet growing future need
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CommentThe relationship between carers and the NHS must be recalibrated
Supporting carers is not just about patients, it’s about recognising the caring roles of your own staff outside of work and in work, writes Helen Walker
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NewsHunt: Tax will need to rise to fund health and care
Jeremy Hunt believes spending on the NHS will have to rise and that the increase should be funded through higher taxation.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The ICSs already in the red
Two out of three integrated care systems are already reporting sizeable deficits in their first year of existence.
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NewsNHS Digital leader to chair trust
NHS Digital’s chair has been appointed to the same role at a specialist trust.