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20/12/2010 Director of NHS Employers Dean Royles responds to today’s publication of the workforce education and training consultation Liberating the NHS: Developing the healthcare workforce.
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16/12/2010 Director of NHS Employers Dean Royles has responded to the NHS Operating Framework 2011/12, published on 15 December.
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2/12/2010 The £400 million clinical excellence award scheme for doctors is out-dated, unfair and not clearly linked to the needs of today’s health service, according to new evidence from NHS Employers who are calling for urgent changes to the current scheme.
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2/12/2010 Dean Royles, director of NHS Employers, responds to the Royal College of Physicians’ statement on the care of medical patients outside normal working hours.
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30/11/2010 Dean Royles, director of NHS Employers, responds to the publication of the Public Health White Paper.
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29/11/2010 On his first day as Director of NHS Employers, Dean Royles pledged to put employers “front and centre” as the NHS moves forward with Government reforms.
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23/11/2010 Karen Charman, head of employment services at NHS Employers, responds to Home Secretary Theresa May’s statement today about an immigration cap.
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22/11/2010 The need for a strong and independent employers’ voice in the NHS has never been greater, as the service prepares to implement the Government’s white paper reforms, NHS Employers’ director-elect, Dean Royles said.
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18/11/2010 The Migration Advisory Committee’s report today provided options to reduce the number of visas available for migrant workers by up to 12,000 next year.
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17/11/2010 Taking a strategic approach to managing the temporary workforce and finding the right mix of temporary staff is key to meeting the challenge of reducing £500 million in agency spending by 2013/14, Clare Chapman, Director General of Workforce, said today.
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16/11/2010 NHS Employers welcomes Health Minister Simon Burns’ announcement of £10 million of new funding to create more apprenticeships in the NHS.
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16/11/2010 NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE today launched a new online resource bringing together the best and most up-to-date evidence on improving staff health and well-being in the NHS and social care.
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16/11/2010 A simplified and more flexible Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) was published today to support staff development in appraisals, to underpin high quality patient care.
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4/11/2010 NHS Employers responds to today’s report Foundation for Excellence: An Evaluation of the Foundation Programme by Medical Education England.
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2/11/2010 The NHS Staff Council today published national principles that will underpin local negotiations on new on-call arrangements.
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18/10/2010 NHS Employers supports the recommendations outlined in the GMC consultation Revalidation – The way ahead, published today and will continue to work with NHS organisations to ensure an effective and efficient system of medical revalidation is put in place.
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15/10/2010 The NHS Staff Council has proposed new arrangements for reimbursing staff for business travel mileage that are fairer, more transparent and easier to administer for both staff and employers.
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13/10/2010 Bill McMillan, head of medical pay and workforce at NHS Employers, responds to the BBC’s article today on Clinical Excellence Awards.
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12/10/2010 Bill McMillan, head of medical pay and workforce at NHS Employers, responds to the GMC 2010 national trainee and trainer surveys.
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7/10/2010 Gill Bellord, director for core services at NHS Employers, repornds to the release of the interim Hutton pension report.
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1/10/2010 Director for core services at NHS Employers, Gill Bellord, responds to the Equality Act 2010 that becomes law from today.
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29/9/2010 NHS Employers today announced the appointment of Dean Royles as its new Director. Dean will be joining NHS Employers from NHS Northwest where he has worked as Director of Workforce and Education since December 2007.
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16/9/2010 Employers are being urged today to make sure they do not miss out on a once in a generation opportunity to work with education providers to ensure nurse training reflects what they need from their future professional workforce.
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13/9/2010 The NHS Staff Council has agreed that all staff working in the NHS have a contractual right and a duty to raise with their employer genuine concerns about malpractice, patient safety or other serious risks that they consider to be in the public interest.
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20/8/2010 Bill McMillan, head of medical pay and workforce for NHS Employers, responds positively to today’s announcement by the Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley about clinical excellence awards.
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19/8/2010 NHS Employers welcomes the final recommendations on medical training numbers for 2011 outlined in the Centre for Workforce Intelligence’s (CfWI) report published today.
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16/8/2010 NHS Employers has today published a major new resource pack that will help all NHS trusts in England to effectively provide a wide range of retirement options to their staff.
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2/8/2010 Bill McMillan, head of medical pay and workforce at NHS Employers, comments on the Royal College of Surgeon's survey.
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15/7/2010 The NHS Staff Council today launched a consultation on draft principles for harmonised on-call pay arrangements, ahead of 31 March 2011 when the current protection of these ends (1).
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12/7/2010 NHS Employers has signed a new contract with the Department of Health to ensure NHS Employers continues its core work, including supporting employers to meet the challenges of the difficult financial period that lies ahead.
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8/7/2010 Castlebeck’s Briar Court was last night named best independent healthcare employer in the Healthcare 100 awards, while South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust was named the best NHS employer at the Healthcare 100 awards.
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25/6/2010 Employers in the NHS are being urged to build a culture where staff are able to expose bad practice in order to make the NHS the best health service in the world.
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17/6/2010 NHS Employers hosts a visit from a group of healthcare professionals from the Czech Republic keen to learn from NHS best practice measures put in place to help organisations meet the specific needs of staff and patients from diverse backgrounds.
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8/6/2010 Discussion between NHS Employers and the General Practitioners’ Committee (GPC) of the BMA on how to distribute the gross 0.8 per cent uplift to the General Medical Services (GMS) contract for England for 2010/11 has now concluded.
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29/4/2010 Bill McMillan, head of medical pay and workforce at NHS Employers, responds to today’s announcement by the General Medical Council (GMC) of its survey results on doctor revalidation.
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1/4/2010 NHS Employers, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and the General Practitioners Committee of the BMA launched new guides to support General Practitioners and community pharmacists develop more effective working relationships.
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31/3/2010 NHS Jobs, the dedicated recruitment website run by NHS Employers, has announced the 15 winners of its national competition to find the face of NHS Jobs.
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22/3/2010 NHS Careers is delighted to announce the winners of the 2010 Step into the NHS schools’ competition.
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17/3/2010 The improved findings revealed in this year’s NHS Staff Survey published today by the Care Quality Commission show that the health service continues to be a place where people want to work.
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16/3/2010 NHS Employers has launched today its information pack Volunteering in the NHS.
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12/3/2010 Bill McMillan, head of pensions at NHS Employers, comments in response to today’s National Audit Office (NAO) report on Public Service Pensions.
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10/3/2010 NHS Employers supports the pay awards for doctors, dentists and very senior managers in the NHS that were announced today and believes they are fair for all.
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4/3/2010 NHS Employers welcomes the announcement by the Department for Work and Pensions of new targets to help more people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities in the workplace.
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3/3/2010 NHS Employers is today launching a national campaign to end stigma against NHS workers with mental ill health, improve employment rates for people with mental health conditions and help trusts to create a better working environment for all staff.
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2/3/2010 Today the Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England published its report setting out the way forward for the future of the professions, making 20 high-level recommendations.
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26/2/2010 NHS Employers welcomes the publication of the ‘Modernising Scientific Careers: The UK Way Forward’ consultation response of the Department of Health.
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23/2/2010 In response to the latest BMA survey, NHS Employers says that the European Working Time Directive is being introduced successfully.
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19/2/2010 Professor Carol Baxter CBE, head of equality, diversity and human rights at NHS Employers, was inducted to the 2010 Nursing Times Hall of Fame at last night’s celebration at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London.
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29/1/2010 NHS Employers welcomes NMC consultation on the new standards for pre-registration nurse education programmes
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19/1/2010 Today (19th January) leading equality and diversity champions from the public, private and voluntary sectors will join forces at NHS Employers annual diversity conference.
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7/1/2010 NHS Employers would like to invite you to join leading sector experts and guest speakers including Channel 4’s head of diversity, Oona King at our conference: ‘Strength in diversity: maintaining the focus’.
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7/1/2010 NHS Employers and the General Practitioners’ Committee (GPC) of the BMA have reached agreement on the outstanding areas of the General Medical Services’ (GMS) contract negotiations for 2010/11.
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