NHS staff wellbeing: why investing in organisational and management practices makes business sense – International Public Policy Observatory
This is a summary of the findings of a rapid evidence review and economic analysis commissioned by The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) to advise policymakers on how to improve NHS staff wellbeing. This analysis, by IPPO, The University of East Anglia and RAND Europe, estimates the cost of poor mental health and wellbeing to the NHS might amount to £12.1 billion per year.

NHS Providers: new hospital programme survey – NHS Providers
To understand trusts’ experience and progress to date, NHS Providers carried out a survey of trusts currently included within the new hospital programme covering questions around funding, delays and the value of the programme. Nearly two in three leaders who responded said delays to the programme affected their ability to deliver safe and effective patient care, with all those facing delays reporting cost implications.

The future of clinical research delivery: 2022 to 2025 implementation plan – Department of Health and Social Care
This implementation plan sets out the steps which will be taken during 2022 to 2025 to achieve a vision for the future of clinical research delivery. It sets out the approach to the recovery of the UK’s capacity to deliver research through DHSC and NHS England’s Research Reset programme. It also outlines the progress made during 2021 and 2022.

Social Partnership Forum: partnership agreement – Department of Health and Social Care
This agreement sets out the Social Partnership Forum’s shared values, aims and principles for effective joint working on policy impacting the healthcare workforce. It sets out the framework agreed by the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS Employers, NHS trade unions, NHS England and Health Education England.

What do NHS leaders want from the health disparities White Paper? NHS Confed
Ahead of the publication of the health disparities White Paper, NHS Confederation members have identified four priorities they hope it will reflect. These priorities are: health equity in all policies, incentivise prevention, inclusive innovation, integration and access, and action on the cost-of-living crisis for communities.

New Fit Note elearning is available – eLearning for Health 
elearning programme has been developed in response to changes in regulations which specify who can issue a fit note & how it must be done. It is recommended training for anyone who may now be able to sign fit notes (nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists).

NHS Employers

• NHS Employer’s response to the BMA consultant’s non-contractual rate card Guidance for NHS employers on how the rate guidance for consultants’ non-contractual work applies to them.
• COVID-19 terms and conditions workforce guidance withdrawal Effective from 7 July, the Department for Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) COVID-19 staff terms and condition guidance has been withdrawn.
• COVID-19 FAQs: Staff required to stay away from the workplace FAQs for staff who are required to stay away from the workplace due to COVID-19.
• We are recognised and rewarded through praise A peer-to-peer recognition approach to staff engagement and reward.
• Update on fast-track DBS checks Employers should only obtain fast-track Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in exceptional circumstances and where the strict criteria is met.
• Social media tips to attract young staff A case study detailing top tips on how to use social media to attract and recruit young people.
• Freedom to speak up: support scheme for NHS workers NHS England has launched a redesigned speaking up support scheme.

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• NHS ‘not doing a very good job’ on children’s mental health The NHS’s approach to tackling children’s mental health is ‘threatening to overwhelm the social care system’, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has warned.
• Trust chiefs resist ‘pressure’ to treat patients in corridors Hospital leaders say they have been pressured to deliver more ‘corridor care’ as a result of efforts to ease the ambulance handover crisis.
• Three regions see covid hospital patients double in a fortnight The number of patients in English hospitals who have tested positive for covid has increased by 86 per cent during the last two weeks.
• CQC criticises outstanding-rated trust for ‘unsafe’ staffing An ‘outstanding’ rated mental health trust has been criticised by the Care Quality Commission for ‘unsafe’ levels of staffing and inadequate monitoring of vulnerable patients.
• ‘New hospitals’ trusts lack cash for planned rebuilds Half of the trusts in the government’s flagship hospital building programme are ‘not confident’ their funding allocations will be enough to deliver their projects, a new poll of NHS executives has suggested.
• Cancer and primary care investment face cuts due to pay bill, NHSE warns NHS England has warned of ‘cuts’ to services and investment in cancer and primary care if it is not given extra funding for staff pay-rises above 3 per cent.
• Cancer and primary care face cuts due to pay bill, NHSE warns NHS England has warned of ‘cuts’ to services if it is not given extra funding for staff pay-rises above 3 per cent.
• Cancer and primary care services face cuts if NHS has to fund pay rise, says NHSE NHS England has warned of ‘cuts’ to services if it is not given extra funding for staff pay-rises above 3 per cent.
• NHSE warns of ‘service cuts’ if it has to fund pay rise NHS England has warned of ‘cuts’ to services if it is not given extra funding for staff pay-rises above 3 per cent.
• 6,000-plus jobs to be cut at ‘new NHS England’ Thousands of jobs – amounting to around 30-40 per cent of posts across NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital – will be cut over the next year as the organisations are merged, it was announced today.
• ‘Innovation put over safety’ at world-famous hospital A world-famous hospital has a culture where some staff may put research interests above patient safety, according to an external investigation.
• Health minister among latest to resign Health minister Edward Argar resigned last night, one day after health secretary Sajid Javid.
• Police role ‘blurred’ with healthcare staff, reviews find The controversial ‘SIM’ mental healthcare model sometimes ‘blurred’ the role of police with healthcare staff, according to results of local reviews seen by HSJ.
• Middle-class patients to wait longer for care under health inequalities project Dozens of NHS trusts are looking to adopt new software which can take health inequalities into account when prioritising patients for elective care.