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VOLUNTEERS

Helping hands

By Lee Peart 08 July 2025

Uncovering the hidden value of hospital volunteers

EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS BILL

Employment Rights Bill amendments ban NDAs

By Liz Wells 08 July 2025

Employees who are subject to harassment or discrimination will no longer be silenced by controversial non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), as part of amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.

NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES

Lessons learned exercises provide organisations with critical insights to drive continuous improvement, avoid repeated mistakes and embed institutional knowledge, writes David Hemming, head of the ...

NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Northumbria health staff to strike over 'missing wages'

By Liz Wells 07 July 2025

Hundreds of healthcare assistants employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are to take strike action later this month in a dispute over 'wages they are owed'.

PEOPLE MOVES

Derby and Burton trust appoints substantive executive chief operating officer

By Liz Wells 07 July 2025

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has selected Paran Govender as its substantive executive chief operating officer.

EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS BILL

Employment Rights Bill amendment expands bereavement leave to pregnancy loss

By Liz Wells 07 July 2025

Families who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks are set to become entitled to protected bereavement leave, under new amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.

PEOPLE MOVES

Wales appoints new deputy chief medical officer

By Liz Wells 07 July 2025

Dr James Calvert has been appointed the new deputy chief medical officer for Wales.

WORKFORCE

MPs blast 'slow and ineffective' response to migrant worker exploitation

By Lee Peart 04 July 2025

The response to tackling worker exploitation following Government visa changes has been ‘slow and effective’, MPs have found.

WORKFORCE

RCOT appoints Gary Waltham as chief executive

By Lee Peart 04 July 2025

Gary Waltham has been appointed chief executive of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT).

PRIMARY CARE

10-Year Health Plan to prioritise UK doctors

By Lee Peart 01 July 2025

The recruitment of UK trained doctors is to be prioritised as the Government targets a self-sufficient NHS workforce by 2035.

WORKFORCE

Moment for change

By Lee Peart 30 June 2025

Andrew Curry, client engagement director for health and social care, Matrix Workforce Management Solutions, says extra funding in the Spending Review is welcome but this must be a redesign moment f...