All Bullying articles – Page 14
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HSJ Knowledge
Why NHS bullying has no benefits
Healthcare managers should never forget that good performance requires morale-boosting not ego-bashing, advises Paul Beal
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News
DH report into bullying and harassment allegations delayed
An investigation into allegations of bullying and harassment against East Midlands strategic health authority has been extended until the end of the month.
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News
Trust faces bad practice allegations
A senior NHS cancer specialist was branded a trouble-making whistleblower and effectively sacked after alleging bad practices at a London hospital, he will claim.
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News
NHS maternity services 'suffering from lack of board engagement'
Senior midwives and obstetricians are concerned about a lack of board engagement with maternity services, a King’s Fund report said this week.
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News
Bullying row trust appoints new non execs
Two new non-executive directors have been appointed at a trust at the centre of a row over alleged bullying and harassment to hit targets by the strategic health authority.
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Leader
NHS workforce: is your senior manager a psychopath?
Are you a psychopath? Warning signs include being manipulative, bullying your staff, spreading rumours about colleagues, believing rules are for others, feeling the end justifies the means and being turned on by risk.
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Comment
Jon Restell on achieving race equality in the NHS
A few weeks ago, I watched a documentary about the Motown tour of the UK in 1965.
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HSJ Knowledge
Snakes on the make: do you work with a psychopath?
Is your organisation harbouring a psychopath? These people can be found among those impressive but ruthless types who cut a swathe to the jobs at the top. Jenny Rogers explains how to spot them
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News
DH defends East Midlands review
The Department of Health has defended its inquiry into alleged bullying and harassment at NHS East Midlands after it emerged that the consultant hired to conduct the review lists the strategic health authority among his clients.
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Leader
DH must act decisively over bully claim
The implosion of relations between the leadership of United Lincolnshire Hospitals and NHS East Midlands is damaging the reputation of the NHS.
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News
DH will probe how row over NHS targets led to bullying claims
The Department of Health is to launch an independent review into allegations of bullying and harassment against East Midlands strategic health authority.
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News
Resigning trust chair calls for David Nicholson to investigate 'SHA pressure'
The chair of an acute trust has resigned, calling on NHS chief executive David Nicholson to investigate the behaviour of East Midlands strategic health authority in pressurising him to meet access targets.
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HSJ Knowledge
The tension between religion and healthcare
When the religious beliefs of an NHS employee run contrary to trust policy, the result is often headline grabbing conflict. Louise Hunt looks at a modern day dilemma
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HSJ Knowledge
Paratroopers mark D-Day in war on childhood obesity
Drafting in paratroopers to show overweight children that exercise is fun is just one novel initiative that has had results.
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News
DH staff give feedback in annual survey
The Department of Health delivers policy effectively, according to just under two thirds of its own staff. However, fewer than half have confidence in its senior civil servants.
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HSJ Knowledge
The calm after the storm: what chief executives do after 'goodbye'
NHS chief executive is a high profile job and every now and then one such leader suffers a public execution - but these days there is no guarantee of another job in the system for those who leave under a cloud. Alison Moore asks what fate has in store for ...
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News
Former NMC chief executive got £122,000 payoff
Former Nursing and Midwifery Council chief executive Sarah Thewlis received a payoff of nearly £122,000 after resigning last year, according to the regulator’s accounts.
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Comment
Jon Restell: how to cope
The ever rolling aftermath of the credit crunch – a new angle every day – makes horizon scanning a full time job. For those who only have time for a quick look up from the grindstone, I list the main trouble spots, as I see them, and some suggestions on ...
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News
BMA tells trusts not to victimise whistleblowers
Hospital trusts have been warned that victimising NHS whistleblowers can put patients at risk.
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News
High levels of sick leave in Scotland prompts inquiry call
It has emerged that 3,389 NHS staff in Scotland are on long term sick leave, prompting Labour to ask the Scottish government to launch an investigation into the levels of sickness absence.