WorkForce Times – 10 April 2024

Update from NHS England Workforce, Training & Education Knowledge Management Team. Contact us at [email protected]

Key documents and reports plus your weekly workforce and education transformation update, covering new publications, research, policy, strategy and healthcare system news, with a focus on areas of the Star.

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Key Documents and Reports
Workforce Productivity
News, Opinions and Features
Journals
Webinars and events

Key documents and Reports

NHS Confederation
NHS Confederation responds to survey showing sexual harassment in the NHS
Publication date: 8 April 2024
A survey from UNISON found that one in ten (10%) healthcare workers reported experiences of sexual harassment.
NHS leaders relieved as consultants accept latest pay offer
Publication date: 5 April 2024
The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that its consultants have accepted the latest pay offer.
NHS Employers
NHS staff experience: Moving on up?
Publication date: 8 April 2024Steven Weeks reflects on what the 2023 NHS Staff Survey results tell us about staff experience across the service.
Consultants vote in favour of the new government pay deal
Publication date: 5 April 2024A revised offer that trade unions representing consultant doctors in England agreed to put to their members, has now been accepted.
Immigration Salary List now available
Publication date: 5 April 2024
If a job is on the list the minimum salary is 80 per cent of the route’s usual minimum rate to qualify for a Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker Visa. 
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reimagines their work experience programme
Publication date: 3 April 2024
The Aspire to Be programmes are a mix of virtual engagement and face-to-face learning designed to give students a taster of a potential career in the NHS.
NHS England
NHSE comment on latest weekly winter sitrep figures
Publication date: 5 April 2024
Today’s figures highlight just how hard staff across the NHS have worked this winter in the face of significant demand and ongoing industrial action.
NHS announces first ever national clinical director for women’s health
Publication date: 4 April 2024
The NHS has appointed Dr Sue Mann, a consultant and lead for women’s health in City and Hackney, North East London, as its first ever national clinical director for women’s health.
House of Commons Library
What employment laws are changing from April 2024?
Publication date: 8 April 2024
New legislation has expanded rights for employees around flexible working, paid and unpaid leave, and protection from redundancy during parental leave.
Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
Sustainability reporting in the NHS 2023/24 and beyond
Publication date: 5 April 2024
The briefing sets out the NHS environmental sustainability commitments and reporting requirements across the United Kingdom, what NHS organisations must report in 2023/24, along with good practice in sustainability reporting for NHS organisations in 2023/24 and beyond.
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Nursing responds to Unison survey showing widespread sexual harassment of NHS staff
Publication date: 8 April 2024
These figures paint an incredibly disturbing picture. Nursing staff should be able to come to work and expect the NHS to be a safe place – and not face the risk of assault, harassment, or abuse.

Workforce Productivity

NHS England Priorities and Operational Planning: What does it mean for Automation and AI? 
[feature] (8 April, National Health Executive)
Scotland Invests in Healthcare Productivity: Reducing NHS Waiting Lists 
[news] (5 April Public Sector Executive)
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News and features

New Plymouth NHS nurses from all over the world being trained at city university (9 April, Plymouth Herald)
RCN puts forward its case for separate nurse pay spine (8 April, Nursing Times)
Pharmacy regulator consults on annual monitoring of pharmacy education providers (8 April, The Pharmaceutical Journal)
One in three health workers suffering ‘burnout’ amid NHS staffing crisis (8 April, Yahoo)
Study challenges idea student nurses need prior care experience (8 April, Nursing Times)
We can progress sustainable healthcare by breaking silos and changing behaviours (8 April, BMJ)
Collaboration Failures: Shift Focus To Behaviours Over Results (8 April, Pharmacy Business)
Nursing Times Workforce Awards 2024 open for entries (8 April, Nursing Times)
NHS staff have been shown porn and offered money for sex at work (8 April, UNISON)
Nursing staff suffering panic attacks and stress-related issues (8 April, Nursing Times)
Ageing workforce is putting future of medical education and research at risk, warns Medical Schools Council (5 April, BMJ)
NHS recruitment: Armed Forces veterans urged to join workforce (5 April, National Health Executive)
‘Every day is a challenge, but we nurses are made of different metal, we never give up’ (5 April, Nursing Times)
RCGP raises ‘extreme concerns’ about closure of NHS visa support service (4 April, Pulse)
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Journals

The impact of prior care experience on nursing students’ compassionate values and behaviours: A mixed methods study
International Journal of Nursing Studies, April 2024
There is insufficient evidence of longitudinal beneficial impact to recommend paid prior care experience as an effective intervention to foster nursing students’ compassionate values and behaviours. These findings do not support mandating a period of paid care experience as a prerequisite for entry into nurse education.
A survey examining the relationship between burnout, professional empowerment, and personality traits of midwives of an inner London NHS Trust
European Journal of Midwifery, April 2024
The empowerment experienced by midwives and their personality traits significantly predict the levels of burnout in the midwifery workforce. Only empowerment and emotional stability were significant contributors to the regression model.
Creating respectful and open communication within a diverse clinical practice setting: a service evaluation
South West Clinical School Journal, April 2024
This project sought to explore ways in which newly recruited international nurses could be better supported. By combining the positive aspects of the respondents’ experiences with several proposed improvements there is the opportunity to better support international nurses.

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Webinars and events

NHS Confederation
[In-person] Mental Health Network Annual Conference and Exhibition 2024 Date and location: 24 April 2024 9:30am to 4:30pm, Leeds, LS1 2HA

Join us in Leeds as we unite leaders and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the mental health sector.
[Webinar] NHS Estate Funding: Addressing Immediate NHS Performance Priorities to Support Patient Safety and Care Date and time:30 April 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm GMT

Capital is a scarce resource in the NHS – yet it’s in high demand. But with limits on funding, how will the NHS meet current demands?
The King’s Fund
[In-person] Integrated care summit 2024 Date and location: 14 May 2024, The King’s Fund, London, W1G 0AN

In this summit, we give voice to innovative thinking and practices by hearing from senior leaders and partners from both within and outside of the health and care service, who have found ways to create meaningful impact by doing things differently.
National Health Executive 
NHS Workforce 2024 Date and time: 25 April 2024, 9:30am to 2:30pm

NHS Workforce brings together healthcare professionals, policymakers, educators, and experts in healthcare workforce management. This event serves as a platform for robust discussions and collaborations aimed at addressing the complex challenges facing the NHS workforce.
NHS Employers
[In-person] Fostering excellence in tackling inequality Date and location: 14 May 2024 9:30am to 3:30pm GMT, London

Join our conference on Tuesday 14 May 2024 to discuss tackling inequalities both within the workforce and service delivery.