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WORKFORCE

Left-shift views – Bad behaviour is a leadership issue

09 April 2026

Our correspondent Melissa Harvard looks outside the box to provide a radical solution for healthcare

PRIMARY CARE

Pharmacist prescriber support gaps puts shift to community at risk

By Lee Peart 09 April 2026

A major expansion in the number of pharmacist independent prescribers entering the NHS could be undermined by gaps in supervision, training and workforce planning and put plans to shift care into t...

INTEGRATED CARE

Former GP appointed North Cumbria ICB chair

By Lee Peart 08 April 2026

Dr Stephen Singleton has been appointed chair of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC).

WORKFORCE

Unison proposes adult social care pension scheme

By Lee Peart 08 April 2026

A letter proposing a pension scheme for adult social care workers funded by employers and employees has been sent by Unison to health and social care secretary Wes Streeting.

WORKFORCE

Hospital teams working to minimise disruption as strikes begin

By Lee Peart 07 April 2026

Hospital teams across England are working to minimise disruption for patients after a six-day strike by resident doctors began today.

WORKFORCE

Troubled trust spent £18k on hotel stays for turnaround team

By Lee Peart 02 April 2026

A troubled trust, which sits bottom of the NHS acute league table, spent over £18,000 on hotel stays for its turnaround team, it has been revealed.

WORKFORCE

Chief nursing officer appointed at newly formed NHS group

By Lee Peart 02 April 2026

Martina Morris has been appointed chief nursing officer at newly formed Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Community and Hospitals NHS Group.

WORKFORCE

Mental ill health top reason nurses leave the NHS

By Lee Peart 02 April 2026

Mental ill health is the top reason nurses leave the NHS, according to Nuffield Trust analysis.

WORKFORCE

Government withdraws extra training places as BMA strike to go ahead

By Lee Peart 02 April 2026

The Government has withdrawn an extra 1,000 training places for doctors after the BMA confirmed next week’s strike will go ahead.

WORKFORCE

Four London trusts form group

By Lee Peart 01 April 2026

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust hav...

WORKFORCE

Government must act on pay for 'neglected' NHS staff groups

By Liz Wells 01 April 2026

The Government risks widening wage dissatisfaction in the NHS by neglecting the views of staff such as nurses, paramedics and healthcare assistants, according to Unison.