All Education/training articles – Page 76
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HSJ Knowledge
Lean thinking: get your house in order
Steve Humphries, David Newby and Christine Vize ask whether techniques from manufacturing can improve healthcare provision
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HSJ Knowledge
On course for clinical leadership
The chief medical officer's four clinical advisers explain their role and how it is helping to embed medical leadership in the NHS
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HSJ Knowledge
Chris Dye on learning - online and down the pub
About six years ago, the Appointments Commission asked chairs and non-executive directors if they would like more communication online. The answer was a resounding 'no'.
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HSJ Knowledge
Academia and the NHS - bridging the gap
Mabel Simms and Steven Shackleford explain how healthcare providers are building stronger relationships with the universities that train their workforce
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS work experience: a crucial stepping stone
In the second in our series of work experience diaries, we follow Lyndon, who spent a week at Southampton General Hospital two years ago
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News
Pressure group warns on nurse shortage
Pressure group Health Emergency warned today that London is facing a looming shortage of qualified nursing staff in key areas, after in emerged that £39m was diverted from the NHS London training budget in 2007-08 to meet a government demand to declare a financial surplus at the end of the ...
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Comment
David Levy on the changing face of clinical leadership
Clinical leadership is changing in response to Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, but the changes have not been uniform across the health community.
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HSJ Knowledge
Ambassadors programme boosts health sector training
In September 2007, University Hospitals Bristol foundation trust launched the ambassadors network to support the delivery of the trust's schools liaison programme.
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Comment
Jon Restell on keeping managers in the NHS
Sixty per cent of the people who will make up the NHS workforce in 10 years are already employed in the service. This is the latest fancy dan statistic to drop into any workforce discussion.
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HSJ Knowledge
Darzi workforce plans offer a real chance for staff
Ambitious promises to the NHS workforce have been enshrined in the NHS constitution. Will weasel words help employers dodge the commitments or can bargaining and hard work make them stick?
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Comment
Steve Feast on breaking through to leadership roles
Considering how many talented clinicians there are in the NHS leadership ranks, relatively few actually make the transition from local clinical leadership roles to senior system-wide or executive positions.
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HSJ Knowledge
Embedding leadership in medical training
Medical training must increase its emphasis on leadership skills if the aims of Lord Darzi's review of the health service are to be realised
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News
Professionals 'lack Parkinson's knowledge'
Health and social care professionals in England lack knowledge of the mental health issues associated with Parkinson's disease, a survey has suggested.
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HSJ Knowledge
Preparing clinicians for leadership
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS emphasises medical leadership as one of the keys to driving up quality in the health service. Oliver Warren describes one programme that is helping to make this a reality
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HSJ Knowledge
Stepping up to primary care leadership
A leadership development project set up by Bedfordshire primary care trust and the Royal College of Nursing is helping nurses and therapists develop new skills and improve patient care
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HSJ Partners
Three clinical leaders awarded quality fellowship
Three national clinical leaders of the future were today announced as Health Foundation quality improvement fellows.
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News
London trusts form health science partnership
University College London and four trusts in the capital are founding Europe's largest academic health science partnership.Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children trust, Moorfields Eye Hospital foundation trust, the Royal Free Hampstead trust and University College London Hospitals foundation trust will form UCL Partners.
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Comment
Steve Onyett on medical leadership
The Darzi review has shed new light on the challenge of letting go of central control. The idea that staff can be clinicians, partners and leaders is an engaging way of conveying that leadership needs to be widely dispersed.
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News
Health Professions Council consults on education and training
The Health Professions Council has launched a consultation on standards of education and training guidance.The consultation will run until 14 November.
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Leader
Workforce strategy should be driven by trusts, not regions
Among the wild cheering that accompanied most of Lord Darzi’s next stage review plans, there was a markedly more muted response to the workforce strategy.