The Department of Health (DoH) has announced its intention to explore options with the private sector for potential investment in NHS Professionals (NHSP) – the organisation that was initially set up as an in-house provider of flexible staff within the NHS. Underlining the significance of the announcement, Tom Hadley, the REC’s Director of External Relations [...]

The NHS will need to significantly increase its use of flexible staffing if a public sector spending cut leads to a significant reduction in headcount among permanent frontline staff, according to healthcare recruiter HCL. Consultants McKinsey and Company has advised the Department of Health that the NHS in England would need to cut its workforce by [...]

Our NHS, Our Future Everyone agrees that the NHS is going to have to save money – David Nicholson, for instance, speaks about saving £15-20bn between 2011 and 2014, largely through efficiency measures. The question isn’t about whether we need to make savings then, but how. Quality, of course, is one way to achieve this: [...]