Nick Kituno
kituno.bsky.social
Nick Kituno
@kituno.bsky.social
@hsj.co.uk correspondent | NHS workforce and the North West of England. Views my own.
Doctors in Cheshire and Merseyside say they will be “left with no option but to take a stand” if leaders do not reverse plans to cut rates for extra-contractual work.

BMA claims the approach has had a “detrimental impact” on patients and staff, amid similar moves elsewhere.

w/ Caitlin Tilley.
September 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A draft of the NHS’s first management leadership framework has too much “fuzzy language” and should be simplified,
NHS England's board has said.

Chair Dr Penny Dash told officials to “tighten up” it up and include a clearer measurement of performance.

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‘Fuzzy’ NHS management standards to be revised
The NHS's first proposed skills framework for managers has too much "fuzzy language" and needs to be simplified, the NHS England board has decided.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#Exc: A long-awaited review into “unjust and unfair” pay disparities between white and minority ethnic staff in the NHS has been launched, @hsj.co.uk can reveal.

The @nhs-rho.bsky.social has commissioned the first-ever review into it with @uniofsurrey.bsky.social.

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Exclusive: ‘Unjust’ NHS ethnic pay gap to be reviewed
A long-awaited review into "unjust and unfair" pay disparities between white and minority ethnic staff across the NHS has been launched.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New: Dr Navina Evans, NHS England’s chief workforce, training and education officer, is leaving this summer.

@hsj.co.uk story up soon.
July 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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The huge & very useful annual survey of NHS staff has sadly got lost over the past 7 frenzied days

luckily @kituno.bsky.social has unpicked one of the most important themes here in the first of a NEW MONTHLY WORKFORCE BRIEFING www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...
On Call: The workforce issue the NHS cannot solve
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. You ar...
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March 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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A #patientsafety reform whose introduction was delayed due to concerns about cost and staffing in the Treasury and NHS could have detected Lucy Letby’s murders earlier, Jeremy Hunt has suggested.

@kituno.bsky.social's report on @hsj.co.uk here >> www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r...
January 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Jeremy Hunt begins his evidence by apologising to families: “It happened on my watch.

“Although [as health secretary] you don’t bear direct personal responsibility for everything that happens in every ward in the NHS, you do have ultimate responsibility for the NHS.”

#ThirlwallInquiry
January 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We should be able to "decommission" recommendations because some go out of date and are succeeded by others over time, says @hssib.bsky.social chief Dr Rosie Benneyworth at the #ThirlwallInquiry.

"We need to be able to say: 'This recommendation is no longer relevant. Let's stand it down'."
January 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM