Healthcare Management Magazine | Workforce

Latest workforce

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Manchester Council appoints strategic director for adult social services

By Lee Peart 16 December 2025

Peter Tomlin has been appointed strategic director for adult social services by Manchester City Council.

RESIDENT DOCTORS

BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors in England vote to reject Government offer

By Liz Wells 15 December 2025

Resident doctors in England have 'overwhelmingly' voted to reject the Government's new offer on jobs and go ahead with strike action later this week.

WORKFORCE

Moorfields selects new chief nurse

By Liz Wells 15 December 2025

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Simmi Naidu as its new chief nurse and executive director of allied professionals.

BMA

BMA staff escalate pay dispute after 'disappointing' pay offer

By Liz Wells 15 December 2025

Staff at the BMA have escalated their dispute with their employer following a ‘disappointing’ revised pay offer.

BMA

BMA set to announce whether resident doctors will strike

By Liz Wells 15 December 2025

NHS leaders are set to find out whether resident doctors, who make up to half the medical workforce, will be going out on strike later this week.

ESTATES

'Near impossible' – surgeons' stark warning on waiting list pledge

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

Surgeons have warned the Governments pledge on waiting lists will be ‘near impossible’ without investment in operating theatres and surgical staff.

WORKFORCE

RCN calls for 'fully funded plan to eradicate corridor care'

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

The RCN has called for a ‘fully funded plan to eradicate corridor care altogether’.

WORKFORCE

Community skills centre opens on hospital construction site

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

A community skills centre has opened on the site of a multi-million pound extension at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

MEDTECH

Qualifications launch to tackle MedTech skills shortage

By Liz Wells 12 December 2025

Two new qualifications to help plug skills gaps in the UK’s booming medical technology (MedTech) sector have been unveiled.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Doctors shape vision for future medical workforce

By Liz Wells 11 December 2025

Plans for the future medical workforce in Scotland should take into consideration the importance of ensuring doctors feel valued and inspired and able to sustain fulfilling careers, new research re...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Call for Fair Pay Agreement to 'start small, move quickly and have teeth'

By Lee Peart 11 December 2025

The Government must start small, move quickly and give its Fair Pay Agreement (FPA) for social care staff teeth, according to the Resolution Foundation.