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One in eight senior NHS staff from BAME backgrounds
One in eight senior managers in the NHS are from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds, according to the latest figures. The 2024 NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard
(WRES) report showed that 12.7% of staff at very senior manager level are from these backgrounds – up from one in nine (11.2%) in 2023. Overall, this marks an 85% increase since 2018, when there were 201 senior managers with black and minority ethnic backgrounds, compared to 372 in the latest report. The proportion of all NHS staff from a BME background has also increased from 26.4% in 2023 to 28.6% as of March 2024. However, 80% of Trusts reported that white applicants were significantly more likely than BME applicants to be appointed from shortlisting. Overall, the percentage of BME staff (48.8%) that felt that their Trust provides equal opportunities for career progression or promotion was lower than for white staff (59.4%). The 2024 NHS Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) report also found that disabled people are fairly represented on NHS boards and that candidates who declare their disability on applications are just as likely to be appointed to NHS jobs as non-disabled
Surgical Holdings acquired by Stille AB
Surgical Holdings, a family run business, has been acquired by Stille AB. Stille is a business with longstanding heritage in surgical instrumentation, established in 1841, and has also recently acquired Fehling Instruments and S&T. The Stille group prioritises the same core quality values as Surgical Holdings. The added strength of the Stille product
candidates. More NHS employers are also making reasonable adjustments that enable disabled staff to carry out their work compared to previous years, but disabled staff remain more than twice as likely to be performance-managed compared to their non-disabled colleagues. They also experienced higher levels of harassment, bullying or abuse from managers and other colleagues. Dr. Navina Evans, NHS Chief Workforce, Training
and Education Officer, said: “NHS employers must continue efforts to create an environment where all staff feel they belong, can safely raise concerns, and are empowered to deliver the best care possible.”
Bender UK appoints new commercial director
Bender has appointed Tim Checketts as commercial director to lead sales and marketing operations, and drive growth in critical infrastructure markets - including healthcare. His appointment strengthens the company’s position as demand for smart, safer, and more sustainable energy solutions continues to grow across the UK and Ireland. Tim Checketts, commercial director at Bender UK,
said: “Safe, resilient power is essential to safeguard mission-critical environments. Technologies like ours, that actively monitor, locate and proactively prevent faults from developing into failure are essential for maintaining operational continuity. “The strength of opportunity here at Bender is substantial - a global company, with a regional presence and unique attributes, with a deep technical expertise and proven experience in core markets.” Tim brings a wealth of sector expertise, having built his career in electrical distribution with Newey and Eyre building management systems, data centre development and access control systems. His track record spans the same critical infrastructure markets and customer base, with knowledge of the needs of consultants and electrical engineers that Bender serves across healthcare and industrial sectors.
His appointment comes as critical infrastructure
sectors find themselves under exceptional pressure. Hospitals are in desperate need of lifecycle upgrades; data centre capacity is doubling nationally, while defence spending surges. Recent high-profile airport power failures have elevated focus on energy resilience, while rail networks demand ever-greater reliability for passenger safety and economic continuity. Gareth Brunton, Managing Director said: “I welcome Tim to the leadership team. His appointment accelerates our expansion into the high-growth sectors where our expertise delivers the highest impact. His experience in critical infrastructure markets, combined with our proven solutions that actively monitor, forewarn and locate faults, sets us up perfectly to capture significant opportunities where downtime isn’t an option.”
New EBME guide
An ‘Essential guide to medical equipment principles’ has been launched at EBME Expo to help new clinical engineers, junior nurses, medics and operating department practitioners (ODPs) understand the fundamentals of many of the standard medical devices they will encounter in a hospital environment. In an exclusive interview at EBME Expo, a leading
EBME expert and author of the essential guide, David Mulvey, commented that he wanted to pass on his knowledge to the next generation, as he retires following a career that has spanned over 40 years. View the video at:
https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=wz7p6HFro2w&t=2s
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ranges with the advantages of European manufacture, Surgical Holdings high quality instrumentation and specialist repair services, will significantly improve the company’s overall offering to customers, in terms of quality and supply chain resilience. “This development marks an exciting new phase in the overall evolution of Surgical Holdings and one that honours our own heritage, while embracing new opportunities for investment and growth,” commented Surgical Holdings’ Managing Director, Daniel Coole. “There is tremendous alignment across the Surgical Holdings and Stille brands. This exciting step creates an unrivalled portfolio of innovative instrumentation, devices and servicing.” Surgical Holdings’ Chairman, Phil Coole, commented: “We are extremely grateful to all of our loyal employees, customers and stakeholders for their support over the last 35+ years and we look forward to this next chapter in the Surgical Holdings story with both optimism and enthusiasm.” CEO of Stille Group, Ulrik Berthelsen, added: “We
are excited to welcome Surgical Holdings into the Stille Group. This acquisition further strengthens our position as a premium supplier of surgical instruments and enhances our access to one of the most important markets in the world.”
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