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How has the NHS People Plan 2020/21 influenced the future of the NHS as an employer?

As the lifespan of the 2020/21 NHS People Plan nears its end, it’s time to pause and reflect on how the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic may have shifted NHS workforce plans for the future. David Maguire considers how the Plan is shaping the NHS as an employer.
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By David Maguire - 14 April 2021 4-minute read
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How do GP trainees see their future in general practice?

Aamena Bharmal reports on the findings from the 2020 survey of GP trainees – and is optimistic about the opportunities available in primary care.
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By Aamena Bharmal - 29 March 2021
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Building primary care teams remotely

Working out how to embed new roles into general practice teams will be crucial to staff recruitment and retention. Beccy Baird considers the opportunities and challenges remote working offers for achieving this.
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By Beccy Baird - 15 March 2021 3-minute read
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Recovery and then renewal: the innovation imperative for health and care

How can the health and care system support staff to recover from the Covid-19 crisis? Michael West and Suzie Bailey discuss the building blocks for recovery – and how the system then moves to renewal.
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By Suzie Bailey, Michael West - 29 January 2021 7-minute read
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Student nursing numbers: good news at last?

Last year saw the reintroduction of the maintenance grant for student nurses and an expansion in the number of places on courses. David Maguire considers the impact this is having on the number of new trainee nurses and the existing workforce
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By David Maguire - 22 January 2021 4-minute read
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2020: the health policy year in 12 charts

The wheels of health policy turn quickly. So, as 2021 begins Siva Anandaciva looks back at the key health policy moments of 2020 to consider the challenges and opportunities that the year brought.
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By Siva Anandaciva - 1 January 2021 26-minute read
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Careworker pay: the national living wage is not enough

The national living wage is a crude and ineffective way of raising careworker pay, says Simon Bottery. We need a better way of doing it, linked to wider social care reform.
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By Simon Bottery - 16 December 2020 4-minute read
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What does the autumn 2020 Spending Review mean for health and care?

Who were the winners and losers in the Chancellor’s autumn Spending Review? Siva Anandaciva looks at what the government’s plans promise for health and care.
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By Siva Anandaciva - 27 November 2020 15-minute read
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The Comprehensive Spending Review needs to be genuinely comprehensive: and that means investing in social care

As the Comprehensive Spending Review approaches, Simon Bottery says social care has a strong case for extra investment but may need to address the ‘p’ word – productivity.
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By Simon Bottery - 15 October 2020 4-minute read
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Creating culture at speed in a crisis

Building a hospital in 13 days is a challenge, but creating a culture in that time is a real undertaking. John Herring shares his experience as Deputy Workforce Director for NHS Nightingale Hospital North West and outlines the four key areas they focused on to create a 'one workforce' culture at the new Nightingale hospital.
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By John Herring - 1 October 2020 6-minute read
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The Comprehensive Spending Review and Covid-19: the more we know, the less we know...

How will the autumn Comprehensive Spending Review address the short-term and long-term needs of the health and care system, especially when the future is so uncertain? Jonathon Holmes considers the Chancellor’s options.
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By Jonathon Holmes - 15 September 2020 4-minute read
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Improving the nation’s health: striking the right balance between national and local

Sally Warren reflects on the findings of the Health Devolution Commission, which considered the role of ‘health in all policies’ and the balance between local and national action.
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By Sally Warren - 27 August 2020 4-minute read
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What is Covid-19 revealing about innovation in the NHS?

Innovation in the NHS has historically been notoriously slow. Ben Collins considers how the Covid-19 pandemic has allowed the system and its staff to go further and faster, and what this might mean for the future.
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By Ben Collins - 3 August 2020 4-minute read
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It’s no longer enough to know, we must act: workforce race inequality in the NHS

While the NHS is making progress on closing some race inequality gaps, there is room for improvement. Habib Naqvi discusses opportunities to support work around the Workforce Race Equality Standard.
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By Dr Habib Naqvi - 15 July 2020 4-minute read
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Obesity: time for action

What should a new government strategy on obesity look like? David Buck outlines what is needed to ensure this attempt is successful.
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By David Buck - 14 July 2020 5-minute read
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A hopeful moment? Addressing race inequalities in the NHS workforce

The historical issues of institutional racism in the NHS have been brought sharply into focus by the Covid-19 pandemic and the recharged Black Lives Matter movement. Shilpa Ross outlines findings from our research into inequalities in the NHS and calls for action and allyship from white colleagues.
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By Shilpa Ross - 7 July 2020 5-minute read
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What has Covid-19 taught us about supporting workforce mental health and wellbeing?

The Covid-19 outbreak has exposed gaps in psychosocial support for health care workers. Mary Docherty, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London, considers the action needed to address those gaps and meet the needs of the workforce in the future.
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By Dr Mary Docherty - 25 June 2020 5-minute read
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Resilience is much more than hospital beds

A resilient health and care system is about more than national action. Sally Warren shares a vision for building local resilience that would allow the health and care system to respond effectively to future crises.
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By Sally Warren - 16 June 2020 5-minute read
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Learning from Grenfell: how can services better work with the communities they serve?

As health and care services rapidly transform to tackle the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, Sally Warren considers the value of working with and within communities to drive change, drawing on the lessons learnt in the aftermath of the Grenfell tragedy.
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By Sally Warren - 15 April 2020
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Homelessness, health and housing: joining up services

Nicholas Pleace at the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York considers how housing and health can better support those sleeping rough, through collaboration between the two sectors, strong leadership and a willingness to listen.
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By Nicholas Pleace - 18 March 2020
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