In this month’s HR clinic, Robyn Clark (aka JacksonR) and Susi O’Brien (HR Help advisor) explored how we as managers can support and improve the wellbeing of our teams, implement strategies to support staff and look after our own resilience. Here is a summary of the questions we received, and the answers given. Wellbeing seems…

More GPs are retiring early – and the number has been increasing since 2008, according to new figures published today in advance of tomorrow’s Government announcement of its plan to solve the NHS workforce crisis. Data provided to The BMJ by the NHS Business Services Authority, under a freedom of information request, showed the number…

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in November 2022 HR Updates Amber alerts Notice-period pay when an employee is unable to attend work New ACAS guidance on staff suspensions NHS worker unfairly dismissed because of “procedural defects”

Only 50% of GPs intend to work beyond the age of 60, according to the latest survey highlighting the pressure on the profession. GP leaders said the findings of the survey, by Pulse, were “unsurprising.” The survey found significant numbers of doctors seeking to leave the profession before the age of 55. Dr Martin Whitenburgh,…

Soaring inflation could see GPs caught in the pension trap that has affected many consultants, the British Medical Association has warned. The risk of high pension tax penalties could increase the flow of doctors seeking to leave general practice, the BMA said. The BMA’s concern is that just one measure of inflation, the consumer prices…

A new practice payments and pensions system is failing to give managers the detailed data they expect, raising concerns that key payments information is missing, it has been revealed. The problems with the system, developed by contractors Capita, go beyond “teething problems,” according to a joint letter to NHS England. The letter has been signed…

I’m perennially a glass-half-full kinda girl. Having been in practice for more years than I care to remember, there are times when I really do wonder why I’m always so upbeat. Many years of experience should really have knocked that optimism out of me. But the sun is shining, the birds are singing – so…