By Annabelle Collins2020-12-10T13:00:00+00:00
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. Contact me in confidence.
The health service has had to react quickly to the approval of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, and within just a few days around 50 vaccine hubs have been mobilised and first patients received their dose.
When speaking to people involved in the logistics in regional areas, there was frustration last week around the frequent change in guidance from the centre (one person describing it as chaos ) but there was also a real sense of optimism and a keenness to get started and do a good job.