All Education/training articles – Page 74
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HSJ Knowledge
Management coaching: down to the crossroads
A multi-agency worker felt her confidence going to pieces. Could coaching give her a new direction? Isobel Gowan explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Team coaching: strategy for success
With little sense of purpose, one team was struggling to get anything done. Coach Sheila Williams explains how she helped
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News
Skills for Health urges NHS to increase apprenticeships
Trusts are being urged to offer more apprenticeships to stem soaring unemployment despite new figures showing places have risen by 34 per cent in a year.
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News
GPs do not understand eating disorders, charity claims
Only 15 per cent of GPs understand eating disorders and know how to help someone with such a condition, according to a report by eating disorder charity Beat.
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News
Dementia strategy: high hopes but who will pay?
The dementia strategy promises dedicated memory services in every town, but with only £150m over two years can primary care trusts afford the sophisticated teams this requires? Charlotte Santry reports
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Supplements
Round table: will the penny drop for clinical managers?
Patient level costing may be the lure that attracts clinicians into management. Daloni Carlisle listens in on a discussion between some of the most influential policy makers, managers and medical leaders
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Comment
Andy McKeon on the economics of better care
Understanding how money works and spending wisely is essential for people working in the NHS. The evidence suggests that when money is spent well, the quality of services provided to patients is correspondingly high.
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HSJ Knowledge
Using 360 degree feedback in the NHS
Used properly, 360 degree feedback can be a powerful tool for improvement. Madeleine Owen looks at how to make the results stick
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News
NHS medics and managers agree over training gap
Managers and clinicians are calling for clinical training programmes to give doctors a better understanding of finance and resource management in the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeQuality information assurance: an understanding of governance, risk and compliance
Lord Darzi’s review and world class commissioning promise to bring positive changes to patient experience and drive up the quality of services. However, the sharing of information these agendas promote demands that quality information assurance is now a top priority in your trust.
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News
Dementia strategy will pose workforce challenges
Managers have welcomed long awaited government plans to transform dementia services but want more details on how they will be staffed and assessed.
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News
DH drops 'elitist' Top 250 leadership scheme
Plans set out in the next stage review to invest in the top 250 NHS leaders have been scrapped amid charges of 'elitism'.
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HSJ Knowledge
Trust prepares for mental health training trial
A Yorkshire trust has been tasked with trying out a training package that could transform mental healthcare
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News
Survey reveals NHS executives' neglect of future leaders
Senior managers feel too burdened with paperwork to develop the next generation of leaders, with many spending less than a tenth of their time on succession planning, an HSJ survey has revealed.Department of Health workforce director general Clare Chapman last week toldHSJ all NHS chief executives should be spending a ...
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News
NHS leaders told to spend a day a week nurturing talent
Chief executives are being told to spend the equivalent of a day a week developing future leaders.
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HSJ Knowledge
Self-management: co-creating health
Clinicians are changing the way they work with patients and acknowledging that it is a partnership, says Natalie Grazin
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News
Graduates clamour for NHS management roles
The credit crunch has led to a massive increase in the number of graduates applying to become NHS managers, the NHS Institute has said.
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News
PCT director jailed for CV lies
A former primary care trust director has been jailed for lying on his CV.Lee Joseph Whitehead, 44, of White End Park, Bucks, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for lying to employers including Stoke on Trent PCT.
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News
NHS Medical Education England appoints chairman
Sir Christopher Edwards has been appointed as chairman of NHS Medical Education England.
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Comment
Mark Simmonds on developing young clinical leaders
The profile of NHS clinical leadership has risen considerably in recent times, but the concept is not a new one. Arguably, it rests at the heart of working as a doctor.