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WORKFORCE

South Central Ambulance Service re-appoints chair

By Liz Wells 07 March 2025

Professor Sir Keith Willett has been reappointed as chair of South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) for a second term.

WORKFORCE

Role of physician and anaesthetic associates challenged in largest review

By Liz Wells 07 March 2025

There is little evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetists associates (AAs) in the UK, according to a new review, raising critical questions about t...

WORKFORCE

NHS worker wins employment tribunal against trust for detrimental treatment

By Liz Wells 07 March 2025

A worker at York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management, a subsidiary of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has won an employment tribunal after 'detrimental' treatment b...

WORKFORCE

Staff at Gloucester and Cheltenham hospitals set for 72-hour strike over pay

By Liz Wells 05 March 2025

Phlebotomists at hospitals in Gloucester and Cheltenham are to take three days of strike action later this month over ‘unfair pay and grading’.

NHS DERBY

East Midlands ICBs appoint joint chief finance officer

By Liz Wells 05 March 2025

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB have selected Bill Shields as their new chief finance officer.

WORKFORCE

St George's Hospital workers protest

By Liz Wells 04 March 2025

A dozen hospital workers employed by Mitie demonstrated outside St George’s Hospital today (4 March).

WORKFORCE

Staff leaving the NHS among lowest in over a decade

By Liz Wells 04 March 2025

NHS staff retention schemes have helped cut the number of workers leaving the health service to one of its lowest levels in over a decade, new analysis reveals.

DIVERSITY

Trusts defend EDI roles after Musk criticism

By Liz Wells 03 March 2025

Two NHS trusts have hit back after Elon Musk criticised their job advert for an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) position.

CORRIDOR CARE

Trust advertises for 'corridor doctor'

By Lee Peart 03 March 2025

An NHS trust has been forced to recruit for a ‘corridor doctor’ to ease pressure on hospital overcrowding.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government and Nuffield Health help NHS staff get back to work

By Liz Wells 03 March 2025

Four thousand frontline NHS staff are set to benefit from a free rehabilitation programme that Nuffield Health are rolling out in partnership with the government to help get them back to work.