Staffing solutions

Staffing solutions Difficulties in recruitment and rising temporary staff costs are contributing to the significant financial pressures for NHS providers this year. An HFMA roundtable discussion provided an insight into...
Tags: article

Ensuring staff are safe and sound

Ensuring staff are safe and sound The high profile drive to increase the safety of patients while in NHS care has led to a boost in staff recruitment, but how...
Tags: article

Safe staffing on the table

Safe staffing on the table A group of chief nurses, directors of nursing and assistant directors of nursing met in London to tackle the thorny issue of safe staffing levels....
Tags: article

Building a Workforce Without Walls

Building a Workforce Without Walls An HSJ roundtable analysed the importance of creating an NHS in which staff move seamlessly between organisations – and the role that STPs will play...
Tags: article

Always ready to care

Always ready to care The Responsive Workforce Model at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS), backed by Allocate Software HealthRoster and SafeCare, has reduced agency spend, ensured quality and freed...
Tags: article

Making staffing safer

Making staffing safer Chief nurses, senior directors and chief executives met to discuss the thorniest topic of recent times – safe staffing – in a round table event with Nursing Times’s sister publication...
Tags: article

How to implement the NICE guidelines

How to implement the NICE guidelines The NICE Safe Staffing Guideline for adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals requires careful consideration to use it well and ensure it is introduced safely. Nursing Times...
Tags: article