Struggling schools forced to rely on teaching assistants as cheap cover for teachers
Pupils are missing out on essential support as teaching assistants increasingly provide cover for absent teachers, without lesson plans or help from other colleagues, according to a report released by UNISON today (Saturday).
The report Teaching on the Cheap? is based on survey responses from almost 6,000 teaching assistants covering classes in England and Wales. It suggests ongoing teacher shortages mean support staff are increasingly having to lead lessons and manage whole classes by themselves.
The research finds 45% say they are covering more classes now than they were the previous school year (2022/2023).
The repo...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 26, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: News Press release education Mike Short teaching assistants Source Type: news
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Job cuts, reignited mergers and unaccounted for beds
Your essential update on health for the week. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 26, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
FTs and ICBs want me to abolish each other, says Streeting
Wes Streeting would seek to resolve the “tension” between foundation trusts and integrated care boards if he becomes health and social care secretary, he has said. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 26, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Thematic analysis of Prevention of Future Death reports for suicide: January 2021 to October 2022 - Wallace E, Revie L, Schneider D, Mais D, Sharland E.
BACKGROUND: Suicide prevention remains a high priority topic across government and the National Health Service (NHS). Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports are produced by coroners to highlight concerns that should be addressed by organisations to preve... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Exclusive: NHSE developing plan to halve waiting list in five years
NHS England is developing a plan to cut the elective waiting list by nearly 50 per cent to under 4 million over the next five years, HSJ can reveal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 26, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Exclusive: NHSE targeting 50% cut to waiting list
NHS England is floating proposals to cut the elective waiting list by nearly 50 per cent to under 4 million over the next five years, HSJ can reveal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 26, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust names former social care director as CEO
A community trust has appointed a director with a background in social care and the third sector to be its new chief executive. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 25, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
ICBs to get new ‘capability’ ratings
Integrated care boards would be rated on their capability — as “excelling”, “achieving”, “progressing” or making “insufficient progress” — under draft NHS England proposals for a new assessment process. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 25, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Recovery Watch: Why are referrals lower than expected?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
ICB sued over ‘conflict’ in £40m contract award
An integrated care board has denied its officials had conflicts of interest when awarding a £40m contract to run an urgent care centre, according to papers filed with the High Court in London. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Former CEO to chair trust at centre of bullying allegations
A former trust and integrated care system chief executive has been appointed as the chair of a hospital provider grappling with high-profile bullying concerns. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHSE appoints single boss for all CSUs
NHS England has appointed a single managing director to lead its four commissioning support units as part of an ongoing overhaul of their operating model. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trusts face paybill hike from rebanding claims
Ambulance trusts are facing significantly higher costs as thousands of staff look set to be upgraded to a higher pay band. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
U.K. visa changes imperil recruitment of scientific talent, policy experts warn
New U.K. immigration rules will deter international scientific talent and harm universities, science policy experts say. This month, a rise in the minimum salary that international skilled workers must meet to obtain a visa took effect, coming on top of a sharp hike in the fee migrants must pay to access health care, as well as new restrictions on visas for family members.
The changes “will make it much harder for higher education institutions to attract talent from overseas,” says Jenny Sherrard, national head of equality and policy for the University and College Union (UCU). They are “counterproductive to the...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 23, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Government ’s failure to implement Windrush decisions is unlawful
The government’s decision to scrap recommendations made by an independent review into the Windrush scandal was unlawful, says UNISON today (Tuesday).
Over the next two days at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, the union will be putting forward legal arguments to support the case brought by Windrush scandal victim Trevor Donald.
Mr Donald is challenging the decision taken in early 2023 by the then home secretary Suella Braverman to scrap three of the recommendations hailing from the Windrush Learned Lessons Review.
When Wendy Williams first published her independent review into the government’s treatment of the...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 23, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release judicial review Windrush Source Type: news
