Project 12/05/2021
We are working with NHS Employers to explore issues around equality, diversity and inclusion in the workforce.
Data story 19/04/2021
Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. This week, Lucina Rolewicz looks at the most recent NHS staff survey – carried out last September when coronavirus cases were fewer – to compare the experiences of staff who had worked on a w...
Report 13/04/2021John ApplebyLaura SchlepperEilís Keeble
The NHS is the largest employer of ethnic minority staff in England with over 225,000 employees. Issues around equality are important, but how is this reflected in staff pay? This research report examines the differences in basic pay between ethnic minority staff and White staff employed by the NHS...
Data story 07/04/2021
Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. Following recent government proposals to offer a 1% pay rise to most NHS staff following a year unlike almost any other for health professionals, Mark Dayan looks at real-terms pay for different...
Press release 11/03/2021Nuffield Trust
Helen Buckingham responds to the 2020 Staff Survey for the NHS in England.
Data story 10/03/2021
Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. Front-line health and social care staff were close to the front of the queue when the vaccination programme began at the end of last year, and a large percentage of staff have received a first do...
Blog post 27/01/2021Helen Buckingham
As the UK’s vaccination programme against Covid-19 escalates, Helen Buckingham takes a closer look at the main issues for the NHS during its biggest ever vaccine campaign. This blog was originally published on 8 December and has now been updated to reflect the latest data.
Report 09/10/2020Billy PalmerClaudia LeoneRachel Hutchings
What are the prevailing attitudes towards non-doctors working in health services, and specifically mental health services? This literature review, commissioned by the National Workforce Skills Development Unit, aims to understand the drivers behind views of non-medical mental health professionals an...
Report 08/10/2020Billy PalmerRachel HutchingsClaudia Leone
Mental health nursing is a vital and varied profession, accounting for over a third of the mental health workforce in England. Yet the numbers choosing to study to join the profession are unable to meet sharply rising demand. This major new report, commissioned by NHS Employers and the Mental Healt...
Data story 28/08/2020
Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. This week Lucina Rolewicz reveals that the staff absence rate in the NHS in April was the highest since records began – exceeding even winter peaks of sickness absence over the last 11 years. A...