Scottish Labour has branded moves to end unlimited sick pay for NHS workers suffering from long Covid “reckless” and fears staff may lose their jobs over the plans. The party’s
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Engaging leadership describes a range of behaviours, values, and attitudes that, when adopted by a leader, maximise the performance potential of their team. Published research shows that individuals led by
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Northern Ireland’s Health Minister has today launched two separate public consultations on whistleblowing and on violence and aggression in the workplace. Both consultations will seek views on how to better
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Labour has called on ministers to “make a better fist” of dealing with low pay for council binmen and social workers than it has with striking railway workers. As shadow
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Calls have been made for more epilepsy specialist nurses (ESN) after research showed their workloads are reaching unmanageable levels, with patients waiting up to five months to be seen. Epilepsy
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An ambulance trust has been criticised for allowing harassment, bullying and inappropriate sexualised behaviour to become “normalised” within the organisation. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated the leadership at
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Since the post-COVID reopening of the economy, staffing shortages in the care sector in England have been of increasing concern. In October 2021, British charity Skills for Care warned that,
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Health workers employed by a private company have voted to strike in a dispute over pay and holidays. Unison said its members working for OCS at Lancashire & South Cumbria
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Union leaders have insisted a record-breaking 5% pay rise that is being offered to more than 160,000 NHS workers across is “simply not good enough”. Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf
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Some care workers employed in the private sector are not receiving any pay if they are off sick, according to a new study. Unison said a survey of over 2,000
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