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Jane Frances Cummings CBE is a former Chief Nursing Officer for England, formerly at the Department of Health and subsequently at NHS England.. In November 2013 she was interviewed about the demand for safe staffing levels in NHS hospitals and told ITV Daybreak: "The most important thing to do is to use evidence to determine what the staffing levels should be.
It is used in University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, where it was used by Alison Leary in her study of safe nurse staffing. [5] Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust claims it has permitted them to reduce the use of bank and agency staff. [6]
The study, commissioned by Jane Cummings of NHS England was leaked shortly after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence abandoned its work on safe staffing in hospitals. [ 10 ] It was the first large teaching trust in England to have eliminated two-year waiters for elective care in 2022.
NHS England employs around 1.3 million full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, the latest data from February 2024 shows, including 140,653 doctors and 353,969 nurses and health visitors.
Some NHS trusts have paid as much as £2,500 to nurses to fill shifts. NHS forced to pay high rates for agency staff ‘to keep patients safe’ Skip to main content
The 20 recommendations for improvements in the NHS included a set of minimum safe staffing levels for consultants, doctors, nurses and other staff in hospital settings. They criticised a target driven culture, saying: "Quality care must become the primary influence on patient experience... and the primary indicator of performance."
Locked-out nurses take safe-staffing concerns to Capitol. Tribune. Nina Wu, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. September 18, 2024 at 11:48 PM.
NHS Professionals supplies clinical and non-clinical temporary staff to the NHS and provides workforce services to health and care organisations. It operates a membership base of healthcare professionals (known as 'Bank Members') who work flexible shifts and longer-term placements at more than 130 acute and community NHS Trusts and other health and care organisations across the UK and the ...