Protected learning time
Royal Pharmaceutical Society - This document sets out the RPS's recommendations for protected learning time (PLT). PLT is needed to give professionals time to develop clinical and non-clinical capabilities across the pharmacy workforce, particularly around education and research as well as leadership. A wider workforce plan for the pharmacy profession needs to be developed in each of the three nations and these need to contain several elements which will enable pharmacists, in all sectors, to develop professionally.GuidancePress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 6, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Navigating the complexities of academic medicine contracts [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join us on this episode, where we welcome Dennis Hursh, a physician contract lawyer, to discuss the ins and outs of academic physician employment agreements. Dennis will share his expertise on the common pitfalls and what to look out for when accepting an academic
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Practice Management Source Type: blogs
NHS employee suicide: a postvention toolkit to help manage the impact and provide support
NHS Confederation -This toolkit was developed to help NHS organisations develop and implement a process to manage the impact of an employee suicide on colleagues. Postvention refers to the actions taken to provide support after someone dies by suicide. This can ensure that timely and appropriate care and support is provided which can help individuals with their grief, manage the impact on the organisation and reduce the risk of further deaths by suicide.ToolkitNHS Confederation - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 3, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Tackling disadvantage in medical education: analysis of postgraduate outcomes by ethnicity and the interplay with other personal characteristics
This report explores the extent that inequalities persist in medical education, for example an 18 percentage point difference between the specialty exam pass rate of UK-trained black doctors and UK-trained white doctors. It also considers good practice, and highlights the importance of evaluating interventions to enable a better understanding of initiatives that successfully support trainees from different backgrounds.ReportGeneral Medical Council - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 3, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Healthcare Technologies Capability framework
Health Education England (HEE) - HEE commissioned the University of Manchester to perform a learning needs analysis and develop a framework outlining the skills and capabilities to ensure health and care professionals can work in a digitally enhanced environment.FrameworkPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 28, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
The NHS workforce in England
House of Commons Library - This briefing covers the NHS workforce in England, including key targets, recruitment and retention issues, workforce planning and government policy.BriefingMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 28, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Future proof: the impact of parental and caring responsibilities on surgical careers
Nuffield Trust - Support for working parents is vital for ensuring staff currently employed by the NHS achieve work –life balance, particularly amidst a workforce crisis driven by poor retention as well as recruitment. The Royal College of Surgeons of England commissioned the Nuffield Trust to explore the impact of parental and caring responsibilities on surgical careers in order to understand the issues within that profession.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 28, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the Senior Salaries Pay Review Body (SSRB) for the 2023 to 2024 pay round
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - The Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) has been asked to make a pay recommendation on the current levels of pay for very senior managers (VSMs) in the NHS and executive and senior managers (ESMs) in DHSC ’s arm’s length bodies (ALBs). The written evidence seeks to enable the SSRB to make independent observations on the levels of pay of VSMs and ESMs to form part of the wider SSRB report, which will include observations on the levels of pay for other senior public sector workers. The written evid ence includes information on NHS senior pay strategy along with re...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 28, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Progression of parents in NHS medical and nursing careers
This report examines how the length of parental leave and rates of progression after having children vary by specialty, gender and other staff characteristics among doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives in the English NHS.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 28, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
“Long COVID,” Bodily Systems as ADAAA Major Life Activities, and the Social Model of Disability
Leslie P. Francis (University of Utah), Michael Ashley Stein (Harvard Law School), “Long COVID,” Bodily Systems as ADAAA Major Life Activities, and the Social Model of Disability, 2022 U. Chicago Legal Forum 159 (2022): Long COVID claims for disability-related employment... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 27, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
States Show How Criminal Justice Reform Can Help Millions of American Workers
Scott Lincicome and Ilana BlumsackThe Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC) recently released new reports oncriminal record expungement policies andmarijuana legalization and expungement policies across the country. State officials report that over 60,000 records have beenautomatically expunged in Utah since the beginning of 2022, and in Missouri, over 5,000 marijuana convictions have beenautomatically expunged since legalizing recreational marijuana just this past December.This is welcome news —for these individuals and the U.S. labor market more broadly.As we discuss in ourchapter onCriminal Justice inEmpoweri...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 24, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome, Ilana Blumsack Source Type: blogs
A COVID-19 vaccine exemption letter
BY ANISH KOKA
I recently saw a young man who came to see me because his place of future employment, a large health system was requiring him to complete the 1º series of his COVID-19 vaccination. He was concerned because he had chest pain after his first mRNA vaccine and was uncomfortable with the risks of a second mRNA dose. He attempted to get a Johnson and Johnson vaccine and was told by pharmacists he was not allowed to mix and match this particular vaccine as he had already received an mRNA dose. With no other option, he came to ask me whether I thought a vaccine exemption was reasonable in his case. He already had...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka COVID-19 vaccine exemption vaccines Source Type: blogs
Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard (MWRES): a commitment to collaborate The First Five
This report sets out practical actions based on data and evidence to tackle existing inequalities in the medical workforce. It includes steps to reduce disproportionate representation of international medical graduates in General Medical Council referrals, improve diversity in senior medical leadership appointments, and increase ethnic minority representation in the councils of royal medical colleges to better reflect the workforce.ReportNHS England - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 24, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) for the 2023 to 2024 pay round
Department of Health and Social Care -The NHSPRB has been asked to make pay recommendations for the pay round 2023 to 2024. This written evidence aims to enable the NHSPRB to make independent recommendations, weighing all of the evidence, within the current challenging economic and fiscal context, along with recruitment and retention trends and staff motivation.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 22, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES): 2022 data analysis report for NHS trusts
This report aims to provide a national picture of WRES in practice, to colleagues, organisations and the public on the developments in the workforce race equality agenda. It also seeks to enable organisations to compare their performance with others in their region and those providing similar services, with the aim of encouraging improvement by learning and sharing good practice.ReportNHS England - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 22, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
