“For too long, successive governments have failed to grasp the nettle on NHS workforce problems, leading NHSE to adopt ad-hoc policies that save pennies but end up costing pounds. A proper workforce discussion - one that involves staffing supply experts among others - must accompany this major healthcare reform, to ensure its future success for both workers and patients. That means focusing on the bottom-up needs of services and respecting staff choices to maximise the impact of substantive staff, while using bank and agency workers more sustainably for everyone.”
REC comments on scrapping of NHS England
Commenting on NHS England coming back into the Department of Health and Social Care, The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Deputy Chief Executive Kate Shoesmith said:
