All Education/training articles – Page 79

  • News

    NHS surplus achieved at expense of training, says BMA

    2008-06-05T11:54:00Z

    Doctors' leaders today called for funding for NHS staff training to be protected from raids by cash-strapped trusts.

  • Comment

    Ali Mohammed on firing staff

    2008-06-02T09:00:00Z

    Thank goodness The Apprentice is back on TV. It's basically the HR type's ultimate TV programme with a huge dose of entertainment built in.

  • News

    Northern Ireland students face hardship - BMA

    2008-05-30T14:19:00Z

    Medical students in Northern Ireland are the 'most disadvantaged' in the UK, according to doctors' leaders in the region.

  • News

    Junior doctor hospital accommodation row

    2008-05-27T17:17:33Z

    The BMA has hit out at NHS Employers for refusing to discuss how junior doctors could be helped to cope with the financial implications of the loss of free hospital accommodation.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    John Varney on harnessing the power of groups

    2008-05-27T09:00:00Z

    By surveying the collective experience and expertise of a group of senior executives, John Varney discovers what characterises successful leadership and offers insights into areas of best practice

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Improving psychiatric intensive care training

    2008-05-27T09:00:00Z

    A 10-day web-based training course on psychiatric intensive care is aimed at improving services for the most vulnerable patients.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Unlocking leadership potential in the NHS

    2008-05-20T09:00:00Z

    Health service managers need to take advantage of opportunities beyond their comfort zones in order to thrive, as one programme is demonstrating

  • HSJ Partners

    Leadership Fellows scheme opens for the last time

    2008-05-20T09:00:00Z

    The Health Foundation's Leadership Fellows scheme is open for applications. This is the last chance for health professionals with the potential to significantly improve the quality of health services in the UK to undertake almost two years of personal and professional development, free of charge.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    The NHS training hub - embedding technology

    2008-05-16T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Training Hub for Operative Technologies in Healthcare is part of the government's drive to increase adoption of technology by the NHS. Paul Vousden sets out his strategy to support better patient care and deliver efficiency benefits to the health service

  • News

    Inquiry shows gap in paediatric training

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Children and young people with life-threatening illness are not being treated appropriately because professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.

  • News

    NHS Networks to close

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    NHS Networks has announced that it is to cease operating on 31 October after running out of funding.

  • HSJ Partners

    Guide to integrated working

    2008-05-13T09:00:00Z

    The Care Services Improvement Partnership's five networks publish a range of material that sets out to inform and advise people working in health and social care on a range of issues, including integration, personalisation, telecare and housing. Chris Mahony gives an overview of one recent publication below

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Training: cognitive therapy first

    2008-05-12T09:00:00Z

    A nursing director has developed an online cognitive behavioural therapists' course as part of his MBA. Lyn Whitfield reports

  • News

    Olympics sport medicine centre may not be built

    2008-05-08T09:00:00Z

    A national sports medicine centre at the heart of plans for a lasting health legacy from the 2012 Olympics may never be built, HSJ has learned.

  • News

    Research and development network for Leicester

    2008-05-01T13:12:00Z

    A new network is being launched in Leicester to support and develop clinical research in the region.

  • News

    Foreign doctors appeal rejected

    2008-05-01T13:05:00Z

    The House of Lords yesterday rejected the Department of Health's appeal against a High Court decision which ruled that making it harder for international doctors to be appointed is unlawful.

  • News

    Did racism delay the SAS contract?

    2008-05-01T09:00:00Z

    Staff and associate specialist doctors are often said to lack a voice. Could this explain why they were the last group to sign their new contract, or is institutional racism to blame, asks Daloni Carlisle

  • News

    New rules on umbilical cord blood collection

    2008-04-30T11:46:00Z

    Collection of blood from the umbilical cords of newborns is to be regulated by the Human Tissue Authority for the first time.

  • HSJ Partners

    Flexible learning for the healthcare workforce

    2008-04-29T09:00:00Z

    Christina Pond looks at why healthcare employers need to develop a motivated, flexible and highly skilled workforce

  • HSJ Knowledge

    IT training in the health service

    2008-04-22T09:00:00Z

    As the healthcare industry replaces paper processes with electronic records, staff will need to adapt and learn new skills. Charlotte Weaver explains