Workforce

Over a million people in England work for the NHS, providing high quality care every day. The government, providers, NHS arm's length bodies, unions, professional colleges, and regulators all have a role to play in workforce matters and employment relations. Providers need a workforce that has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours if they are to deliver high quality care for patients and service users.

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18 Mar 2024

NHS workforce race and disability reports highlight need for further action

Saffron Cordery responds to the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) reports published today.

News
14 Mar 2024

Freedom for staff to 'speak up' essential for patient safety

Sir Julian Hartely responds to Health Services Safety Investigations Body findings that in some cases temporary NHS staff are never involved in serious incident investigations.

News
09 Mar 2024

Government urged to address 'alarming impact' of stretched staff on patient care

Sir Julian Hartley responds to a warning from England's NHS Ombudsman that "cancer patients could be put at risk due to over-stretched staff".

Blog
08 Mar 2024

Strategic and effective communications is at the heart of high performing organisations in the NHS

Adam Brimelow, Daniel Reynolds and John Underwood discuss a new report which highlights the challenges facing the NHS communications profession.

Briefing
07 Mar 2024

On the day briefing: NHS Staff Survey results 2023

Our briefing provides a summary of the key national level findings from the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, and sets out NHS Providers view

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News
07 Mar 2024

Staff survey shows NHS still has far to go despite progress

Saffron Cordery responds to the latest NHS Staff Survey results.

News
06 Mar 2024

Lack of diversity and deteriorating NHS reputation key concerns for communications leaders

Adam Brimelow responds to a new report by NHS Confederation, NHS Providers and Centre for Health Communications Research on the state of the NHS communications profession.

News
05 Mar 2024

Trusts hope doctors' pay offer 'light at the end of the tunnel'

Saffron Cordery responds to news that senior doctors across England are set to vote on a new pay offer from the government.

News
01 Mar 2024

Patients paying the price as more than 93,000 appointments delayed by latest junior doctor strike

Sir Julian Hartley responds to the latest data from NHS England showing the impact of industrial action on hospital, mental health and community services.

News
01 Mar 2024

NHS Providers responds to outcome of BMA SAS doctors pay ballot

Saffron Cordery responds to the outcome of the pay ballot by the British Medical Association (BMA) specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors in England.

Blog
28 Feb 2024

LGBT+ History Month: In conversation with Dr Michael Farquhar

For LGBT+ History Month, Dr Michael Farquhar answers our questions on progressing LGBTQ+ visibility across the NHS, the creation of the NHS Rainbow Badge and the importance of EDI.

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News
23 Feb 2024

Government and unions urged to redouble efforts to resolve dispute

Sir Julian Hartley responds ahead of the five-day junior doctors' strike starting tomorrow.

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