Nursing Times’ Post

Despite the increasing number of people working in the health service, workforce growth in the NHS has not kept pace with rising patient demand. Nurses and other clinicians are under huge pressures. The need for wellbeing support is more keen than ever. Director of Policy at The King’s Fund, Sally Warren: "the NHS workforce is also encumbered with low staff satisfaction, ongoing industrial action, and many staff leaving the NHS due to poor work-life balance.” Her recommendation? Strengthening recruitment efforts and taking bolder action to improve retention. Recently, researchers at the University of Surrey created a new guide for health leaders on how to improve staff wellbeing. Professor Jill Maben, a professor of health services research and nursing at the University of Surrey and co-lead author of the guide said: “We need a whole systems approach and a whole organisational approach – this is everybody’s business.” She said nursing and midwifery could be “stressful [and] difficult professions” and, therefore, psychological health needed to be “planned from the minute students walk in the door”. At Nurses.co.uk we encourage all of our employer partners to boast about, promote and share all the good things they are doing to support staff wellbeing. Tell people why they should choose to work for you. #wellbeing #wellbeingatwork #nurses #nursing #retention

Majority of NHS staff burnt out or exhausted, poll finds New polling has suggested that around one in eight NHS staff intend to leave in the next year, with many airing fears about burnout and worker shortages. #nurse #nurses #nursing #health #healthcare #workforce #nhs #staffwellbeing #burnout #nurseshortages #occupationalhealth https://lnkd.in/e3nd3tEw

Government to publish new NHS workforce plan in 2025 The Labour government has committed to developing a new long-term workforce plan for the NHS to replace the one that was published last year under the Conservatives, it has been revealed. #nurse #nurse #nursing #health #healthcare #government #policy #nhs #workforce #longtermworkforceplan #nhsworkforce #safestaffing #labour https://lnkd.in/dYCiNuFv

Workplace #incivility and #bullying remain a problem of epidemic proportions in the healthcare profession. Healthcare workers have a responsibility to learn to successfully deal with bullying on a personal level and to help transform the #healthcare environment into a safe place to work and receive care. This course is designed to assist staff to recognize and successfully deal with workplace incivility in the healthcare setting. #health #nurse #nursing #nurses #CE #CNE #continuingeducation #inservice Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gC4NHpS9

Workplace #incivility and #bullying remain a problem of epidemic proportions in the healthcare profession. Healthcare workers have a responsibility to learn to successfully deal with bullying on a personal level and to help transform the #healthcare environment into a safe place to work and receive care. This course is designed to assist staff to recognize and successfully deal with workplace incivility in the healthcare setting. #health #nurse #nursing #nurses #CE #CNE #continuingeducation #inservice Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g5WxpcP4

‘It is clear that support workers need more support themselves’ The conclusion can only be that not much has changed for HCAs and their social care counterparts in the more than 10 years since the Cavendish review. #nurse #nurses #nursing #health #healthcare #supportworkers #hcas #healthcareassistants #healthcaresupportworkers #nhs #socialcare https://lnkd.in/et3cuykf

Workplace #incivility and #bullying remain a problem of epidemic proportions in the healthcare profession. Healthcare workers have a responsibility to learn to successfully deal with bullying on a personal level and to help transform the #healthcare environment into a safe place to work and receive care. This course is designed to assist staff to recognize and successfully deal with workplace incivility in the healthcare setting. #health #nurse #nursing #nurses #CE #CNE #continuingeducation #inservice Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g4V5KP78

It's predicted a shortfall in nurses will continue to grow, with up to 100,000 less than Australia's healthcare system requires as soon as next year. Factors including our ageing population, the advancing median age of the current cohort and a slowing replacement rate for new sector entrants, are compounding the issue.   It's why agencies like PeopleIN's VNS Nursing Agency provide such vital services and why the renewal of a tender to supply specialist nurses, midwives and support nurses to a major Victorian healthcare provider is so important.   https://lnkd.in/gv4MtCSh #NursingShortage #SpecialistNurses #Tender #Flexibility

More nurses needed rather than league tables, unions urge Focus needs to be placed on addressing nurse vacancies, not ranking NHS trusts, union leaders have warned in response to new government plans to call out poor-performing health providers. #nurse #nurses #nursing #nhs #unions #government #policy https://lnkd.in/eb6Sese3

New social care workforce plan: key takeaways for nursing A long-awaited workforce plan for social care has been published, setting ambitious targets for the government on nurse recruitment, retention, and many more key areas of need in the sector. #nurse #nurses #nursing #socialcare #workforce #carehomes #olderpeople #health #healthcare #government #policy https://lnkd.in/evmBim8y