All Workforce articles – Page 97
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NewsTrust CEO asks for ‘scientific evidence’ on covid vaccine safety to reassure staff
NHS trust chief executives have told HSJ they need more clarity the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine is safe to reassure their worried staff.
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HSJ PartnersRise of the Scalable Workforce
GRI CEO, Andrew Preston, addresses the need for a clear strategy to tackle workforce challenges in the NHS, to ensure the agility and flexibility to maintain and improve performance and manage the long-term impact of coronavirus.
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NewsHancock calls for routine flu testing as part of major diagnostics expansion
Matt Hancock has called for British people to routinely get tested for the flu, saying covid diagnostic capacity should be kept and used for “everything” once the pandemic dies down.
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NewsExclusive: Three trusts paying US firm £210m for tech catch-up
A new electronic health record system will cover three linked London trusts in a deal worth £210m as they look to catch up with peers on tech maturity, they have revealed to HSJ.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Greasing palms and squandering trust
Andy Cowper on big funding announcements, a heroic set of planning assumptions for rolling out vaccines and the accuracy of covid testing tech.
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NewsHunt accuses HMT of blocking publication of crucial workforce projections
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has accused the Treasury of preventing the Department of Health and Social Care from publishing future workforce projections submitted by the NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The covid vaccine plan is the biggest integration ask to date
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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NewsExclusive: NHS setting up dozens of mass covid vaccination centres and seeking 40,000 staff
The health service is setting up more than 40 mass vaccination centres, and working on recruiting tens of thousands of staff for the huge covid-19 vaccination effort, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ InteractiveThe human contact deficit
For many in the NHS, in-person contact with colleagues has become rarer during the pandemic. An HSJ webinar, supported by IBM, explored the possible consequences of increased remote working.
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NewsNHSE explores procuring single HR and payroll system for entire service
A single tech platform for administrative data could be put in place across the entire NHS in a bid to improve the health service’s management and analytics.
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NewsTroubled trust on PM’s patch confirms new chief
A troubled trust has announced it will make its interim chief executive permanent, after her predecessor’s departure in the wake of a staff coronavirus outbreak.
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HSJ LocalTrusts across region create staff bank to cut agency costs
Eighteen trusts in the North West will establish a major ‘staff bank’, using new technology to pool junior doctors across the region.
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NewsExclusive: Major delays for new NHS England covid service
A key expansion of services for patients recovering from coronavirus has been delayed by several months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Thousands still being denied PPE for procedures with ‘high covid risk’
Thousands of frontline workers delivering treatments where the risk of transmitting coronavirus is heightened are still being denied personal protective equipment, according to multiple unions and professional bodies.
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HSJ LocalCluster of never events has sparked ‘great deal of soul searching’ says trust CEO
An acute trust’s record of eight never events in the last six months has raised concerns that quality standards have slipped since it was taken out of special measures.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Ready, steady, test your staff
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. ...
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News£150m extra for new list of covid asks from GP practices
NHS England has announced £150m additional primary care funding, earmarked for a range of covid-related service improvements.
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NewsConfusion and tensions over PCNs despite their ‘early operational success’
Major system challenges have been uncovered during primary care networks’ first year of operation, according to a study for the National Institute for Health Research.
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NewsCritical care nursing ratio diluted for second wave
Intensive care specialists have given their blessing to a diluting of the nurse-to-patient ratio in critical care for the second wave of covid in the UK — but they have warned the measure is ‘not sustainable in the long term’.
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NewsGPs given wearable ‘mood monitoring’ devices in wellbeing drive
Wearable devices will monitor the mood of all 70 staff at a large GP practice, in a trial aimed at improving employee health and wellbeing.