Health Management and Policy Alert

NHS employee suicide: a postvention toolkit to help manage the impact and provide support

NHS Confederation -
This toolkit was developed to help NHS organisations develop and implement a process to manage the impact of an employee suicide on colleagues. Postvention refers to the actions taken to provide support after someone dies by suicide. This can ensure that timely and appropriate care and support is provided which can help individuals with their grief, manage the impact on the organisation and reduce the risk of further deaths by suicide.

• Toolkit
• NHS Confederation - publications

Progression of parents in NHS medical and nursing careers

Institute for Fiscal Studies - 

This report examines how the length of parental leave and rates of progression after having children vary by specialty, gender and other staff characteristics among doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives in the English NHS.

• Report
• More detail

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Healthcare Technologies Capability framework

Health Education England (HEE) - 

HEE commissioned the University of Manchester to perform a learning needs analysis and develop a framework outlining the skills and capabilities to ensure health and care professionals can work in a digitally enhanced environment.

• Framework
• Press release

The NHS workforce in England

House of Commons Library - 

This briefing covers the NHS workforce in England, including key targets, recruitment and retention issues, workforce planning and government policy.

• Briefing
• More detail

 

Future proof: the impact of parental and caring responsibilities on surgical careers

Nuffield Trust - 

Support for working parents is vital for ensuring staff currently employed by the NHS achieve work–life balance, particularly amidst a workforce crisis driven by poor retention as well as recruitment. The Royal College of Surgeons of England commissioned the Nuffield Trust to explore the impact of parental and caring responsibilities on surgical careers in order to understand the issues within that profession.

• Report
• More detail

The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the Senior Salaries Pay Review Body (SSRB) for the 2023 to 2024 pay round

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)  - 

The Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) has been asked to make a pay recommendation on the current levels of pay for very senior managers (VSMs) in the NHS and executive and senior managers (ESMs) in DHSC’s arm’s length bodies (ALBs). The written evidence seeks to enable the SSRB to make independent observations on the levels of pay of VSMs and ESMs to form part of the wider SSRB report, which will include observations on the levels of pay for other senior public sector workers. The written evidence includes information on NHS senior pay strategy along with recruitment and retention information.

• Evidence paper
• More detail

Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard (MWRES): a commitment to collaborate The First Five

NHS England -
This report sets out practical actions based on data and evidence to tackle existing inequalities in the medical workforce. It includes steps to reduce disproportionate representation of international medical graduates in General Medical Council referrals, improve diversity in senior medical leadership appointments, and increase ethnic minority representation in the councils of royal medical colleges to better reflect the workforce.

• Report
• NHS England - publications

The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration Body (DDRB) for the pay round 2023 to 2024

Department of Health and Social Care -
The DDRB has been asked to make pay recommendations for the pay round 2023 to 2024 on: uplifts for consultants, doctors and dentists in training; the minimum and maximum pay ranges for salaried general medical practitioners; and the pay element of remuneration for dentists employed by, or providing services to, the NHS.

• Report
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) for the 2023 to 2024 pay round

Department of Health and Social Care -
The NHSPRB has been asked to make pay recommendations for the pay round 2023 to 2024. This written evidence aims to enable the NHSPRB to make independent recommendations, weighing all of the evidence, within the current challenging economic and fiscal context, along with recruitment and retention trends and staff motivation.

• Report
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES): 2022 data analysis report for NHS trusts

NHS England -
This report aims to provide a national picture of WRES in practice, to colleagues, organisations and the public on the developments in the workforce race equality agenda. It also seeks to enable organisations to compare their performance with others in their region and those providing similar services, with the aim of encouraging improvement by learning and sharing good practice.

• Report
• NHS England - news