Frimley frailty community response service
NHS Confederation - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust set up a hospital at home and urgent community response service, to improve the quality of care for elderly frail patients and reduce unnecessary and lengthy hospital admissions.Case study (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Source Type: news
Local recruitment initiatives at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Employers - By creating working relationships with local partners and making connections across across the system North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) has made itself more visible to its community which has helped to fill vacancies at the trust. NCIC has also worked with training providers to remove the barriers to entry-level applicants.Case study (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news
Blog: Let ’ s stick together to win the proper pay for the job
Across every UNISON region, we’ve got live campaigns to get health workers the fair pay they deserve.
Dedicated staff have been regularly performing important duties above the level of responsibility their employers pay them for.
This expectation has been put on them for years, but the salary they should be earning has been held back for years too.
Today in Liverpool, clinical support workers went on strike at Arrowe Park Hospital.
Their lively and packed picket line attracted constant beeps from the public driving by.
And a banner was emblazoned with the simple and clear message that Janelle Holmes, Wirral Hospitals CEO...
Source: UNISON Health care news - September 12, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Christina McAnea Tags: Article General Secretary General Secretary's blog News pay fair for patient care Source Type: news
Trust and manager charged with corporate manslaughter
North East London Foundation Trust has been charged with corporate manslaughter – making it only the second NHS provider to be prosecuted for the crime. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 7, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust and manager charged with manslaughter
North East London Foundation Trust has been charged with corporate manslaughter – making it only the second NHS provider to be prosecuted for the crime. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 7, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Workforce Disability Equality Standard 2022 data analysis report for NHS trusts and foundation trusts
This report provides an overview of the NHS Workforce Disability Equality Standard metrics data analysis and an update on NHS England ’s work to advance workplace disability equality. It is for trust board members, people professionals, disabled staff, equality leads and others who are interested in improving the working and career experiences of disabled people.ReportNHS England - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 6, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: news
Clinical support workers set to strike for the first time in NHS history
Over 400 health staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) will take strike action tomorrow.
The strike will take place from 7am on Thursday 31 August through to 6:59am on Saturday 2 September after an overwhelming majority (99%) of clinical support workers voted to strike in a recent UNISON ballot.
Clinical support workers (CSW) are some of the lowest paid workers in the NHS. As roles have evolved and hospitals have struggled with staffing, they have taken on more clinical responsibilities without the pay and recognition to match.
The clinical support workers are employed at band two but regu...
Source: UNISON Health care news - August 30, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article News health pay fair for patient care Source Type: news
Share your solidarity with Wirral clinical support workers on strike
Healthcare support workers in UNISON are fighting for the respect, recognition and reward they deserve – and they’re prepared to take strike action to get what they’re rightfully owed.
Over 400 clinical support workers at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) will take 48 hours of strike action from 7am on Thursday 31 August.
They’re joining together to get their employer to pay them appropriately for the Band 3 clinical work they routinely do, and to put right the years they’ve been underpaid by awarding backpay to 1 April 2018 as an absolute minimum.
This is a key moment ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - August 24, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Lucy Shaddock Tags: Article pay fair for patient care Source Type: news
Anger flares at the controversial Tavistock Clinic over a sex change operation for a young person who cannot read or write and has 14 mental health conditions
Conservative peer Lord Goldsmith branded medics at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust 'barbaric' and said they should be 'locked up' for carrying out procedures akin to 'lobotomies'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nursing director suspended over Letby concerns
The former chief nurse of Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has been suspended by her current employer, after the conviction of Lucy Letby for murdering babies while working in Chester. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - August 21, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHS staff at Merseyside hospitals announce 48-hour strike after years of being underpaid
Over 400 health staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) will take strike action this month in a dispute over pay, says UNISON today (Thursday).
The strike will take place at 7am on Thursday 31 August through to 6:59am on Saturday 2 September after an overwhelming majority (99%) of clinical support workers voted to strike in a recent UNISON ballot.
Clinical support workers (CSWs) assist nursing staff in delivering care on the wards. They’re employed across the trust’s sites at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals on the Wirral.
UNISON says these employees should be pa...
Source: UNISON Health care news - August 17, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Lucy Shaddock Tags: News Press release clinical support workers pay fair for patient care strike Source Type: news
Hope for blood cancer patients after immunotherapy drug trials show 'groundbreaking results'
The Christie Foundation Trust in Manchester is running around 30 clinical trials for a set of drugs that are so cutting-edge that they don't yet have names (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS staff at Merseyside hospitals vote to strike after years of being underpaid
More than 400 health staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) have voted for strike action over pay, says UNISON today (Friday).
An overwhelming majority (99%) of clinical support workers voted to strike in a recent UNISON ballot. Industrial action is now imminent unless the trust makes an improved offer to staff, says the union.
Clinical support workers (CSWs) deliver essential care alongside nursing staff on the wards. They’re employed across the trust’s sites at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals on the Wirral.
UNISON says these employees should be paid at least £...
Source: UNISON Health care news - August 11, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release clinical support workers nhs strikes rebanding Source Type: news
NHS enforcement guidance
NHS England - This guidance outlines how NHS England intends to exercise its enforcement powers for both integrated care boards (ICBs) and providers, by setting out how it would use these powers to direct an ICB and the licence enforcement mechanisms that apply to foundation trusts, NHS trusts, licensed independent providers of NHS services and licensed NHS controlled providers. It explains the regulatory and statutory processes in the event of enforcement action and the subsequent rights of appeal.GuidanceMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - August 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Source Type: news
Screening has a critical effect on reducing bowel cancer incidence in England
Screening has reduced the incidence of bowel cancer finds a new study jointly led by researchers from the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - August 9, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research, Health; Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Press Release Source Type: news
