Employment
Recommendations related to employment
Tag overview
recommendation across 3 inquiries
Across 3 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
Employment Contracts and Duty of Candour
Trusts should review their contracts of employment, policies and guidance to ensure that, where relevant, they include and are consistent with the duty of candour.
GMC Code in Employment Contracts
General Medical Council ('GMC') 'Good Medical Practice' Code requirements should be incorporated into contracts of employment for doctors.
Professional Codes in Employment Contracts
Likewise, professional codes governing nurses and other healthcare professionals should be incorporated into contracts of employment.
Implementation of the duty Ensuring consistency of obligations under the duty of openness transparency and candour
The NHS Constitution should be revised to reflect the changes recommended with regard to a duty of openness, transparency and candour, and all organisations should review their contracts of employment, …
Restrictive contractual clauses
"Gagging clauses" or non disparagement clauses should be prohibited in the policies and contracts of all healthcare organisations, regulators and commissioners; insofar as they seek, or appear, to limit bona …
Strengthening the nursing professional voice
Recognition of the importance of nursing representation at provider level should be given by ensuring that adequate time is allowed for staff to undertake this role, and employers and unions …
Coordination with internal procedures
It is essential that, so far as practicable, Nursing and Midwifery Council procedures do not obstruct the progress of internal disciplinary action in providers. In most cases it should be …
Clarity of values and principles
All NHS staff should be required to enter into an express commitment to abide by the NHS values and the Constitution, both of which should be incorporated into the contracts …
Journalist Contract Protection
The industry generally and a regulatory body in particular should consider requiring its members to include in the employment or service contracts with journalists a clause to the effect that …
ACPO Post-employment Restrictions
Consideration should be given to the terms upon which ACPO rank officers are appointed and, in particular, whether these terms should include some limitation upon the nature of any employment …