Fit for the future:  Reforming the NHS workforce

Fit for the future: Reforming the NHS workforce

24 November 2025

This is a critical period for the NHS and the workforce plan must serve to engage and motivate what is a vast and dispersed staff base, write Jog Hundle and Rebecca Pallot, employment partners at U...

Nursing cadets explore future healthcare careers

By Liz Wells 24 November 2025

The King’s Nursing Cadet Programme runs at selected locations across the UK

Domestic recruitment and retention challenges persist in adult social care

By Liz Wells 14 October 2025

The adult social care sector in England continued to grow in 2024/25, but challenges in domestic recruitment and workforce sustainability remain, a new report reveals.

Hundreds of newly-qualified nurses and midwives join Scottish health board

By Liz Wells 14 October 2025

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has welcomed more than 500 newly-qualified nurses and midwives in October.

Wider public health workforce will 'face shortages' without action

By Liz Wells 06 October 2025

The Royal Society of Public Health has revealed that professions such as pest control, food safety, and environmental health are facing recruitment and retention challenges that could 'pose signifi...

Trust launches careers site to enhance candidate experience

By Liz Wells 05 August 2025

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has partnered software company inploi to launch a modern careers site.

ICB becomes demonstrator for Widening Access programme

By Liz Wells 23 July 2025

Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has been selected as a demonstrator site for a major national NHS recruitment drive.

Creating a pipeline of talent

21 July 2025

Local NHS and college leaders have created a new way for young people to gain work experience in the health sector, writes Gary Wright, group deputy director of education and learning at University...

Pilot aims to encourage people onto NHS career ladder

By Liz Wells 26 June 2025

People who historically face barriers into employment will be among those supported onto the NHS career ladder, health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has announced.

NHS trusts 'fast-track ethnic minorities' to top jobs

By Liz Wells 15 April 2025

NHS trusts are 'fast-tracking ethnic minorities' to management positions and onto boards to meet diversity quotas, reports suggest.

One million NHS staff to benefit from new support measures

By Liz Wells 09 April 2025

Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, has unveiled a comprehensive support package to tackle violence and improve the working lives of NHS staff.