Posted by Jenni Whittaker9 January 2017
Jenni has just finished her foundation training in the north east and north Cumbria and intends to stay in the region that she has grown to love, to become a GP. Here’s her story.
Hi I’m JenniLike many of you I am passionate about caring for people and making a difference to their lives...
Posted by Wendy Reid20 December 2016
This is my last communication of 2016 and the end of the year is traditionally a time to look back and reflect. Reading the Sunday papers reminds me of some tumultuous times at home and abroad. Picking across the headlines - we have seen industrial action from doctors in training, a vote to...
Posted by Wendy Reid17 November 2016
I wrote recently about HEE’s work to help improve morale among our junior doctors and I thought that I would update you on what has happened since and what we at HEE are doing to help.
Even though the BMA has now relinquished its right to take further strike action, our trainees’ anger...
Posted by Reena Valand, east midlands innovation team, Health Education England3 October 2016
Reena Valand, who works for our Innovation team based in Leicester, recently attended the Ossie Newell Foundation launch, and wrote the article below:
I had the pleasure of being invited to the Ossie Newell Foundation Launch. The foundation aims to develop and sustain an organisation...
Posted by Wendy Reid14 September 2016
Summer might nearly be over, and although many of us will have had holidays, August was busy for a number of reasons!
In light of last month’s announcement that the BMA will be taking further industrial action throughout 2016, I thought that I would write this blog to discuss what we at...
Posted by Sir Keith Pearson, Chair, Health Education England18 May 2016
During Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week (16-20 May), an initiative led by NHS Employers to create a fairer, more inclusive NHS for patients and staff, HEE’s Chair, Sir Keith Pearson gives his vision on the Workforce Race Equality Standard which is helping to ensure the NHS has a...
Posted by Lynne Hall, Senior Nursing Policy Manager, Health Education England18 May 2016
In her blog, Lynne Hall, Senior Nursing Policy Manager at Health Education England (HEE), reflects on her own experiences of revalidation and provides some advice to nursing staff going through the process.
There are commonly held myths that nurses like me who work in nursing policy...
Posted by Karen Sheehy11 May 2016
Health Education England (HEE) has appointed, Karen Sheehy, a Registered Nurse and senior lecturer in mentorship and professional education at Oxford Brookes University, as a Fellow for one year. The post was developed due to challenge of the increasing number of adult nursing commissions over...
Posted by Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Director of Nursing and Deputy Director of Education and Quality, HEE9 May 2016
On 3 May, I was delighted to lead HEE’s second Thought Leadership Lecture, Shaping the nursing and care workforce for the future, in partnership with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Attended by a range of stakeholders including senior nursing leaders, commissioners, educators,...
Posted by Kathy Branson, Executive Lead for Special Projects, Health Education England - east of England5 May 2016
Hello and welcome to this month’s blog, as always the team are keeping busy and as well as continuing to push forward with existing workstreams we have been developing the Supply Improvement Programme plans for 2016/17. Some exciting developments will follow and so keep watching this space. ...