All Education/training articles – Page 78

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Training for non-medical workers in the NHS

    2008-07-21T09:00:00Z

    Non-clinical staff in the NHS are among the best qualified in the world. However, Dan Wright argues that in every primary care trust, care home and clinic there are overlooked workers who urgently need a training health check

  • News

    Royal colleges call talks to confront academy failings

    2008-07-16T14:00:00Z

    A 'crisis meeting' has been called over the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' future amid infighting between member organisations.

  • News

    Career framework for allied health professionals

    2008-07-16T12:52:00Z

    A flexible career framework for allied health professionals will help managers develop teams and services to reflect patients' needs, the Department of Health has claimed.

  • News

    CMO calls for focus on teen health

    2008-07-14T11:31:00Z

    Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has called for a focus on teenage health, including a national summit to take stock of health programmes and services for teenagers, more involvement of teenagers in designing health services, and establishing a young person's panel to advise on a national campaign on risk ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Developing the endoscopy practitioner role

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    Angela Gardiner explains the benefits of developing the role of endoscopy practitioner and outlines the training available

  • News

    Darzi drives doctors to scale the dizzy heights

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    The next stage review makes a priority of getting more clinicians into leadership roles. Alison Moore explores the implications of the workforce strategy for clinical professionals

  • News

    Clinical leaders network ready to roll

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    A scheme to develop senior clinicians as leaders is to be extended across England after a successful trial.

  • News

    Darzi turns up heat on clinical leadership and training

    2008-06-30T15:30:00Z

    Health minister Lord Darzi has put clinical leadership at the centre of his next stage review.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS60: Flash outfit

    2008-06-30T09:00:00Z

    The light pulsing on top of a modern NHS emergency vehicle signals a mobile unit packed with staff expertise and impressive technology, says Airwave’s David Sangster

  • News

    New tool to assess patient involvement

    2008-06-26T14:02:00Z

    The Social Care Institute for Excellence has developed an audit tool to help service providers assess how they involve people in the way they run services.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Health sector training opportunities

    2008-06-24T09:00:00Z

    Why internal training budget cuts do not have to mean the end of staff training and development

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Anyone here a doctor who speaks nurse?

    2008-06-23T09:00:00Z

    Tower of Babel-esque communication problems in the NHS are more than just a nuisance - they cost lives. How can the service prevent acronyms, tribes and egos putting patients at unavoidable risk, asks Mark Gould

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Sector qualifications strategy

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    Action plans for each UK country are building up the formal recognition for people seeking to enhance their work prospects, and this includes the rebirth of apprenticeships

  • Comment

    A local perspective on Darzi

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    As the final report on Lord Darzi's next stage review draws close, Cynthia Bower examines how Skills for Health is already helping to drive change at a local level

  • Comment

    Local change challenge

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    The Leading Local Change document, published in May as part of Lord Darzi's next stage review, sits on the desk in front of me as I write. Its message is clear - healthcare needs are changing and our sector must respond.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Sector skills agreement - smarter together

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    The sector skills agreement is the mechanism by which employers, stakeholders and funding will be harnessed together to raise workforce standards. We look at how this is happening in health

  • Supplements

    Skills development: urgent response

    2008-06-16T09:00:00Z

    Healthcare providers and employers across the UK face an arduous workforce challenge.

  • Comment

    Robina Shah on the patient experience

    2008-06-13T09:00:00Z

    NHS trusts are aware of patients' views through satisfaction surveys and the complaints process. These have shown patient dissatisfaction in three core areas: communication and information, the manner and attitude of staff and the hospital environment.

  • Comment

    Maggi Rose on clinical supervision

    2008-06-11T09:00:00Z

    While NHS organisations often get caught up in documenting the benefits and justifying the expense of clinical supervision, the most important thing to keep sight of are the benefits to the people directly involved the process

  • Comment

    David Amos on NHS apprenticeships

    2008-06-09T09:00:00Z

    Last autumn, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao delivered a speech to the Communist Party congress entitled, 'Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive for New Victories in Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in all Respects'.