All Workforce articles – Page 73
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: ICSs go for continuity candidates
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
Patients face ‘inevitable rationing’ as one in four psychiatry posts not substantive
Psychiatry is facing a ‘double whammy’ of chronic consultant shortages where patient care is being rationed and under-pressure doctors are working with ‘hands tied behind their backs’, a leading clinician has warned.
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News
Staff flu vaccine uptake down on last year, despite winter fears
Early uptake of the flu vaccine by frontline NHS staff slumped this year, with only two in five having received it by the end of October, official figures show.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: The last thing the NHS needed
NHS staff are facing the prospect of another difficult winter. The Omicron variant, an accelerated booster campaign and expectations of elective recovery will be an immense challenge for a completely exhausted workforce.
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News
Search for ‘low ego’ leader across four trusts with £3bn income
NHS England is seeking a chair with a “low ego and high emotional intelligence” to lead what will be the largest group of trusts under a shared chair.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Omicron in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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News
Pay of medical directors and senior ICS managers to be reviewed
The government has asked the senior salaries review body to “give particular consideration” to the pay of medical directors and very senior managers at integrated care systems as part of the 2022-23 pay round.
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News
Trust promises jobs to partners of new consultants
A trust is attempting to boost its recruitment of senior medics by offering ‘guaranteed’ jobs to the partners of those consultants offered a substantive post.
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News
Omicron threat means NHS staff returning from any overseas destination must take PCR test
NHS staff returning from any non-red list country must have a negative PCR test before returning to work, according to latest guidance.
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Comment
How to make sure good analysts really can 'save more lives than a good anaesthetist'
When I think of ‘good analysts’ I picture someone striving to ‘improve decision quality’ for system leaders. Such good analysts really can save lives, writes Andi Orlowski
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HSJ Interactive
Employee wellbeing: How can the NHS support staff through peak demand, and develop a resilient workforce during times of stress?
An HSJ webinar, held in association with SAP, delves into how reliably supporting wellbeing across the workforce is a multi-faceted challenge. Claire Read reports
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News
‘Humiliated’ trust staff complain of ‘unprofessional behaviour’ and ‘lack of compassion’
‘Unprofessional’ behaviours, a lack of compassion, and tension among staff and managers are all contributing to pockets of ‘poor culture’ at an acute trust.
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HSJ Local
Racism allegations levelled at major trust’s managers
A large acute trust has rolled out a series of training courses on ‘unconscious bias’ and other equality and diversity issues, after allegations of racism were made against managers.
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News
Messenger: ‘excellent leadership’ evident in ‘many parts’ of NHS
The Messenger review of NHS leadership, announced by the health secretary in October, will examine the ‘pay and incentives’ offered to the service’s most senior figures.
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News
National plan to modernise NHS’s HR function revealed
NHS England has unveiled a plan to modernise the health service’s human resources and organisational development functions over the next decade.
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News
National plan needed to end discrimination against disabled NHS staff, say leaders
NHS England’s programme to tackle discrimination against disabled staff and patients is “fairly limited” and needs to “go up a couple gears”, according to two senior leaders.
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News
New Healthwatch England chief revealed
Healthwatch England has appointed a charity sector communications chief as its new national director.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2021: Workforce Initiative of the Year
WINNER: NHS England and NHS Improvement: #Looking After You Too
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News
Exclusive: Health Education England to be merged into NHSE
Health Education England is to be incorporated into NHS England by April 2023, HSJ has learned.