Workforce and Training

NHS SBS framework launched to help safe return of employees

09.07.20: A new procurement framework has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) to help facilitate the safe return of NHS and other public sector workers, assisting organisations in accessing technology which supports social distancing i...

HEE to invest £10m to expand the NHS & care workforce

08.07.20: Health Education England (HEE) has announced it will invest £10m in funding to help support the growth of the clinical workforce, with the money going to expand the number of available placements for health and care courses. People st...

RCGP calls for less arduous regulation, more trust in GPs

08.07.20: A new report published by the Royal College of GPs calls for a permanent reduction in bureaucracy and red tape in the post-coronavirus period, allowing GPs to focus time and efforts to manage the aftermath of Covid-19 at a community level. ...

NHS Providers publish guide into NHS digital leadership

07.07.20: As part of efforts to help trust leaders build on the momentum achieved during the coronavirus pandemic and support NHS board lead their organisations forward in terms of digitisation, NHS Providers has published a new guide into NHS digital lea...

NHS and St John Ambulance to recruit thousands of ‘NHS Cadets’

06.07.20: As the NHS celebrated its 72nd birthday, the NHS and St John Ambulance are joining forces to recruit and train thousands of ‘NHS cadets’ in order to improve care for patients and offer a route into health service employment for up to...

Telecoms deal benefits half a million NHS frontline workers

03.07.20: Almost 500,000 NHS frontline staff in England have benefited from mobile and fixed broadband offers to stay connected at work during the coronavirus outbreak, following an agreement reached between the Government, NHS and telecommunications...

HEIW sets new framework to assist pharmacy technicians

02.07.20: A first-of-its-kind advanced practice framework, developed by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), has been launched to assist pharmacy technicians develop their career pathways. The framework sets out standards for the knowledge...

NHS Shared Business Services appoints new Managing Director

01.07.20: Erika Bannerman has been appointed as the new Managing Director of NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) following the departure of David Morris. Ms Bannerman joins NHS SBS following a successful career to date in senior leadership, having...

New Leeds cancer research centre appoints leaders

01.07.20: Two internationally-acclaimed researchers, Professor David Sebag-Montefiore and Professor John Ladbury, have been appointed to lead a major new interdisciplinary research centre which has been launched with the aim of putting Leeds at the forefr...

How NHS Property Services adapted to a new way of working

01.07.20: From May/June 2020 edition Trish Stephenson, Head of Facilities Management Strategy, NHS Property Services (NHSPS) We are facing unprecedented times, both as a health service and as a nation. Organisations, charities and healthcare wor...

Extension for universities to bid on healthcare course places

30.06.20: Health Secretary Matt Hancock has agreed to extend the timetable for universities to apply for extra places, in order to meet the previously-announced additional 5,000 ring-fenced places for nursing, midwifery and allied health courses in Englan...

Empower your superheroes to power your organisation

29.06.20: Words provided by Quinyx, editorially reviewed by National Health Executive The year 2020 has been nothing short of cataclysmic for the entire world. Not a single person would disagree that Covid-19 has changed everything. While being in th...

NHS rolls out additional support for pregnant BAME women

29.06.20: After new analysis showed pregnant black women were eight times more likely and Asian women four times as likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid-19, the NHS is rolling out additional support for pregnant women of a Black, Asian and Ethnic...

Health and Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network launched

26.06.20: NHS Confederation has launched the Health and Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network to transform the NHS so that members of the LGBTQ+ community can be assured of equal treatment, receive the best care and work in an inclusive environment across the healt...

NHS workforce statistics demonstrate rise in staffing numbers

26.06.20: Health Secretary Matt Hancock has praised the increase in NHS staffing numbers, after the recently published monthly NHS workforce data for up to the end of March 2020 by NHS Digital showed a significant rise in numbers. Compared to last ye...