All Education/training articles – Page 33
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CommentFood, glorious food: can trust chiefs eat hospital meals for a week?
Andy Jones throws down a challenge to trust chief executives to share the same culinary experience as their patients…
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HSJ KnowledgeWe must seize this once in a lifetime chance
Mental health issues in the perinatal period have long been misunderstood but a funding boost offers hope of a turnaround
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NewsUpdated: Junior doctors granted new whistleblowing protection
Health Education England agrees to voluntarily close loophole in whistleblowing protection Court ruled earlier this year that HEE was outside employment law The loophole sparked concern among junior doctors during contract dispute Health Education England has said it will extend whistleblowing protection to junior doctors in the NHS ...
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NewsUniversities plan for 'devo Manc' medical school
Three universities are jointly examining plans born out of the Greater Manchester devolution project to train more health workers and set up an independent international medical school.
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Which tribe do you belong to?
A thought provoking meet-up this week got me thinking about tribalism in the NHS and how that impacts on day to day culture, staff and patient care. Also this week: can the CQC stay true to its mission? Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety ...
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NewsRoyal college attacks 'ill conceived' appointment by HEE
Health Education England has been accused by a medical royal college of making an “ill informed and ill conceived decision” by appointing a non-medic to a key role overseeing the training of radiologists in the North.
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: A change in tone on safe staffing?
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsSmall jump in doctors applying for NHS training despite contract dispute
Year on year increase in doctors applying for specialty training and GP training Ten per cent of posts for 2016 remain unfilled Further recruitment drives for some specialties planned More than 120 additional junior doctors have applied for specialty training in the NHS and more than 170 trainees ...
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CommentFive ways to improve support for junior doctors
Junior doctors are an important but sometimes neglected pillar of the NHS – here are five steps that can improve their training and morale
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CommentPoor, ill and costing £33bn a year: we must mend this legacy
Structural changes in society with health as their focus would save many billions of pounds and be good for everyone - especially the most disadvantaged
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Through the looking glass, nothing is what it seems
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsCQC: Night staff should be allowed rests to ensure safety
CQC says NHS trusts must consider best practice guidelines on rest at night for hospital staff Inquest heard trainee at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital crashed his car after probably falling asleep following night shifts NHS trusts should comply with guidelines on allowing doctors and nurses to rest at ...
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NewsDH director to become head of medical watchdog
The Department of Health’s director general for strategy and external relations Charlie Massey has been appointed as the new chief executive of the General Medical Council.
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NewsExclusive: Patients at risk as doctors forced to work without rest at night
Hundreds of junior doctors respond to survey revealing they are actively discouraged from sleeping at night Evidence-based guidelines produced in 2006 recommended doctors be allowed to nap to safeguard patients Guy’s and St Thomas’ FT sleep specialist says the issue affects all staff working at night and “must not ...
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to tackle the dearth of nurses
Ben Morrin and Flo Panel-Coates analyse the cause and effect of nurse shortage plaguing the city of London
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HSJ KnowledgeThe message on accessibility is getting through
Steps are finally being taken to bring down barriers to understanding what accessible information is and how it can transform lives
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SupplementsSepsis faces a new front
Technology is helping clinicians to detect sepsis earlier, something which is key to combating this often undetected killer
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SupplementsSupplement: Patient safety back to the drawing board
Misunderstanding of what ‘human factors’ means often leads organisations to try to change their people rather than the processes
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CommentDoes integrating care require new workforce roles?
Integrated care requires skills and expertise that exist but are unequally distributed among the workforce
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Reducing workforce while demand is rising is unsafe
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern