Case study summary A perception of increasing workloads and feeling stretched prompted staff at Talking Therapies Service Brent to take stock of how systems were working and focus on how things could be done differently to bring about positive changes in employees’ wellbeing. The Central and North West London (CNWL) Talking Therapies Service Brent […]
The NHS has partnered with leading eating disorder charity, Beat, to provide guidance and support to people suffering from eating disorders, over the Christmas season. The festive period can be particularly challenging for people dealing with eating disorders, as a big Christmas dinner and family gatherings put the focus on food and eating habits. Beat […]
The Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) was launched just under three years ago to help NHS organisations focus on fundamental improvements to the experiences and opportunities for black and minority ethnic (BME) staff. It was launched to help increase organisational efficiency and productivity and, most importantly, to contribute towards improvement in the quality of care […]
The NHS has always benefited from committed, and talented health staff both trained here in Britain and who have chosen to work here from abroad. EU nationals form an integral and vital part of the health and care family, and your skills and compassionate care directly benefit patients, families and communities. We are pleased that […]
This letter from Amber Rudd provides an update following last week’s agreement at the European Council for negotiations between the UK and the EU to move to a discussion about our future relationship. It accompanies a statement from Simon Stevens, Bruce Keogh and Jane Cummings to EU staff working in the NHS.
Request for NHS providers costs per Weighted Activity Unit (WAU) for seven different workforce areas for 2014/15 and 2015/16.
The requester asks for providers costs per Weighted Activity Unit over a 2 year period for seven workforce elements: Substantive; Nursing; Medical; Corporate, Admin and Estates; Agency; non-substantive; Healthcare science and other STT. NHS Improvement does hold the information requested. However we have decided to withhold the information on the basis of the exemption in Section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, because this information will be published in the future, and applying the public interest test, disclosure now would involve publishing data which is potentially incomplete and explanations would be necessary to explain the current limitations.
The NHS’s most senior midwife says 2018 will be a year of opportunity for promoting continuity of carer maternity standards for mums-to-be across England. NHS England has today published new guidance to help local areas to provide women with more consistent care and support, including a named midwife, before, during and after birth. The continuity […]
This document provides practical guidance to Local Maternity Systems on how to improve their services so that women experience continuity in the clinicians providing their maternity care.
Agency and bank spend by trust for 2017/18.
Request for information held by NHS Improvement in relation PFI hospital related schemes held by NHS trusts.