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More support and a "proactive" occupational health service is needed to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of the 1.4 million NHS staff who work in some of the "most challenging conditions imaginable", Health Education England (HEE) has urged.
The government's chief people officer has told MPs that since 2015 there has been just six instances of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) being signed with government employees.
In a stinging attack on 25 years of healthcare policy, Lord David Prior, chairman of NHS England, has described the inherent dysfunctionality of the NHS, saying that it needs to "recapture its vocational engaged spirit".
Seventy-nine per cent of police officers say they have felt feelings of stress and anxiety in the past 12 months according to a Police Federation of England and Wales survey of its members.
The Supreme Court has granted permission for an appeal in the legal case considering whether or not care workers who work "sleep-in" shifts are entitled to the national minimum wage.
The NHS needs to make more investment in its current workforce rather than creating new roles if it is to reverse staff shortages and the rate of staff attrition, according to a report.
NHS vacancies are running at more than 90,000 per quarter, newly released statistics reveal.
Even with the extra funding announced in the health service's Long Term Plan, NHS trusts are unlikely to meet performance targets because of difficulties recruiting staff.
The number of City vacancies has plummeted by almost 40%, with the financial services sector still stuck in limbo over how to adapt ahead of Brexit.
Staff at a Shropshire hospital trust being investigated over a high number of baby deaths have reported a culture of bullying and harassment, a report has revealed.
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