Employment survey 2021: workforce diversity and employment experiencesHealth – Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
This is the second report from the RCN annual employment survey. It focuses on four major themes: working hours and patterns; experience of workplace abuse; bullying and harassment, and career progression.

Applying human-centred design across the entire health system – NHS Confed 
By starting with experience, and harnessing technology and automation, we can transform existing services to enable better human experiences.

NHS workforce plan may not be published in full, health secretary admits – The BMJ 
A highly anticipated workforce plan for the NHS that will set out numbers of staff required by the service may not be published in full.Health Secretary Sajid Javid told a committee of MPs this week…

Sixty seconds on . . . power naps – The BMJ 
Yes! I haven’t slept properly since 2019. Nancy Redfern, a consultant anaesthetist from Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has called for all doctors and nurses to be allowed to take a 20 minute power nap during night shifts to keep patients safe.

Recent Statistics

Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: June 2022 Experimental statistics on a range of topics including infection control measures, vaccinations and coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in adult social care settings.

Excess mortality in England and English regions Monitoring excess mortality provides understanding of the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) during the course of the pandemic and beyond.

Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, England, March 2022 Final including a report on the IAPT Employment Advisers pilot and Quarter 4 2021-22 data Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) data for March 2022 Final including a report on the IAPT Employment Advisers pilot

Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services, March 2022 Publication of adult acute mental health patients being treated outside their provider of usual treatment in March 2022. Statistics are presented nationally and at regional, sustainability and transformation partnership (STP…

Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), Deaths associated with hospitalisation, England, February 2021 – January 2022 Indicator reporting mortality at hospital trust level across the NHS. This indicator is produced on a monthly basis and gives an indication for each non-specialist acute hospital trust in England whether the observed number …

NHS Surplus Land, Quarter 4 2021/22 This report presents timely information from the new NHS Surplus Land live collection, including an end-of-year summary. Notes Reporting for the fourth time from the new collection, which combines metrics from previous data …

Community Services Statistics, March 2022 This publication reports information from the CSDS. This is a patient-level dataset providing information relating to NHS-funded community services. These services can include health centres, schools and mental health trusts…

Autism Statistics, April 2021 to March 2022 Waiting times for autism diagnostic pathways, using both a forward-modelling approach based on referrals for suspected autism and a reverse-modelling approach based on known diagnoses of autism. By STP, CCG, mental health se…

Female Genital Mutilation, Jan 2022 – March 2022 Attendances of individuals with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which were added to the FGM Enhanced Dataset collection platform between 1st October 2021 – 31st December 2021

Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics, Final March, Provisional April 2022 This publication provides the most timely statistics available relating to NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England. This information will be of use to people needing access to…

HSJ Roundup – Full text available on request from the Hanley Library

“Outstanding” trust appoints new chief executive An “outstanding” London trust has appointed a new chief executive.

Covid admissions on the rise again, but ‘incidental’ cases predominate The number of patients with covid admitted to hospital rose in the seven days to 7 June – although the proportion being treated “primarily” for the condition dropped to a record low, official data suggests.

Virgin Care boss appointed CEO of mental health provider The chief executive of the business formerly known as Virgin Care has been appointed CEO of a large independent mental health provider.

CEOs of covid-ravaged trusts call for more action on shared waiting lists Coordination of waiting lists and elective treatment across health systems and regions should be ‘far more systematic’, and could have happened earlier, chief executives of some of the hardest hit trusts have told HSJ.

Revealed: The trusts hit hardest by covid Revealing the hospital trusts hit hardest through the pandemic so far, and what their chief executives want to be learned from the experience.