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  • Racism and ageism up among CQC staff, leaked survey reports

    • 18 Aug 2023

    The proportion of Care Quality Commission staff reporting age or race discrimination has increased steeply since 2021, alongside a big drop in those who believe it is a ‘good place to work’, leaked staff survey results reveal.

  • NHSE chief officer takes role in Singapore

    • 16 Aug 2023

    The NHS’s first chief sustainability officer Nick Watts has stepped back from the role after nearly three years, HSJ has learned.

  • ‘Very targeted’ redundancies planned at NHS England

    • 14 Aug 2023

    NHS England has said any further voluntary redundancies as part of its restructure will be offered in a “very targeted way”, as it has already seen many departures and needs to “protect public money and keep people in employment”.

  • Trust CEO to retire after four decades in the NHS

    • 11 Aug 2023

    A long-serving trust chief executive has announced she will retire in April after 41 years in the NHS.

  • Strike exemption requests not approved despite staffing concerns

    • 11 Aug 2023

    Updated: Several trusts’ requests for exemptions from junior doctors strike actions — citing difficulties securing enough shifts to safely staff services — were not approved, and in one case was withdrawn by the British Medical Association.

  • Trust sacks seven staff over ‘sexual behaviour’

    • 11 Aug 2023

    An ambulance trust saw a sharp rise in complaints – and has dismissed seven staff – after overhauling its complaints process, and encouraging people to speak up about sexual behaviour.

  • The Ward Round: The great car parking debacle

    • 10 Aug 2023

    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.

  • Exclusive: Govt restarts ‘informal’ talks with junior doctors

    • 10 Aug 2023

    Informal negotiations have restarted between the government and the British Medical Association today, in a bid to avert continued strike action by junior doctors, HSJ understands.

  • Trust boss to retire 20 years after becoming an NHS CEO

    • 9 Aug 2023

    A trust chief executive has announced her retirement after eight years leading her organisation, and more than 20 years since her first NHS CEO role.

  • Trust CEO leaves to join expanding hospital group

    • 8 Aug 2023

    A community trust chief executive is leaving to become the first managing director of an acute hospital which has joined an expanding provider group.

  • Consultants name September strike dates

    • 7 Aug 2023

    Medical consultants in England will strike on 19 and 20 September if the government “refuses to agree to pay talks and present a credible offer,” the British Medical Association has said.

  • Information on directors’ fitness to lead will be added to staff record by October

    • 3 Aug 2023

    NHS board directors have less than two months to challenge the information that will be gathered on their fitness to hold a leadership position and then stored on their employer’s electronic staff record as part of the overhaul of the fit and proper person test.

  • Directors to be judged on their ability to create ‘compassionate’ cultures

    • 3 Aug 2023

    NHS England has announced the first details of its ‘Leadership Competency Framework’, and revealed it will be launched this September.

  • Think tank appoints charity boss as new CEO

    • 2 Aug 2023

    The King’s Fund think tank has appointed Sarah Woolnough as its new chief executive, who will take over from Richard Murray early next year.

  • Radiographers warn next strike could hit 100 trusts

    • 2 Aug 2023

    The Society of Radiographers is considering reballoting members in an effort to significantly increase the scope of its industrial action, the union’s director of industrial strategy has told HSJ.

  • High-profile racism claim settled by national agency

    • 1 Aug 2023

    An NHS agency which has been embroiled in racism allegations has apologised to a former employee who brought a high-profile employment tribunal claim.

  • National procurement chief leaves after four months

    • 1 Aug 2023

    A senior NHS Supply Chain executive is abruptly leaving the organisation four months after he joined.

  • Challenged trust fails to complete ‘hospital CEOs’ recruitment

    • 28 Jul 2023

    A struggling teaching trust has appointed three new executives but failed to recruit two hospital-level CEOs as planned, HSJ has learned.

  • The Ward Round: The trouble with training

    • 27 Jul 2023

    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.

  • National body appoints five new directors

    • 27 Jul 2023

    A safety watchdog has appointed five new non-executive directors ahead of it becoming an independent body later this year.