All Education/training articles – Page 80
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HSJ Knowledge
Restoring trust in the healthcare profession
Patients need to believe in their doctor to get the best care, but how can real trust be built if they are always seen by different GPs? It is time to return to old-fashioned good manners and small practices
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News
Trusts told to recruit more chiefs from medical ranks
The NHS must get better at spotting leadership potential in clinicians, the Department of Health's head of workforce has demanded.
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News
Royal College of Surgeons elects president
John Black has been elected president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, replacing Bernard Ribeiro.
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News
DH to host talks on Modernising Medical Careers
The Department of Health has written a letter about opportunities for doctors to attend discussions on Modernising Medical Careers.
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HSJ Partners
Putting drug and alcohol national occupational standards into practice
Many workers - not just professionals in the substance misuse field - come into contact with people with drug problems. Whether they are hospital receptionists, youth workers or community support officers, they need the right skills and knowledge to carry out their work.
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News
Training for the third age: responding to the needs of an ageing workforce
As the country's workforce ages, employers and employees must dispense with the notion that some members of staff are too old for training and development
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HSJ Knowledge
Do new patterns of learning produce employable graduates?
Employers of allied health professionals welcome applicants from flexible training routes, say Rupert Kerrell and colleagues
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Comment
Care as a career: raising the public perception
The public's view of caring as a profession is often negative, but this can be changed by bringing people closer to the realities of this work at its best, argues Helen Joy
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News
Coaching: ready to speak out
Dorothy Larios continues our coaching series with a look at how she worked with a hospital-based commissioner
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News
Postgraduate medical institute opens
A new postgraduate medical institute supported by 11 NHS trusts in the East of England has been officially launched by higher education minister Bill Rammell.
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Comment
Ian Watson and Adrian Newland on the role of healthcare scientists
Junior health minister Lord Darzi's interim report promotes a radical patient-centred view most would endorse. The concept of local treatment centres where most examinations can be carried out is an attractive one. But such services must not be offered in isolation, remote from high-quality diagnostic services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Putting life into NHS teaching
Adopting new approaches to training in the NHS could benefit staff and patients, argues Nick Napper
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News
Doctors to get extra training in alcohol-related health problems
To help tackle the health effects of alcohol misuse 60,000 new doctors are to be trained to identify and treat people who are drinking too much, public health minister Dawn Primarolo has announced.
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HSJ Knowledge
One man's vision for the future
Former junior health minister David Lammy, now skills minister, tells HSJ about his plans for a more skilled healthcare workforce
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Comment
Tackling violence
Despite the lack of a national standardised training scheme for dealing with violent patients, there are developments taking place in managing violence, writes Rob Grant
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News
Warning over cuts to healthcare education budgets
Cuts in healthcare education budgets in the NHS will have a 'devastating effect' on the UK's ability to train the next generation of health professionals, health educators have warned.
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News
New training website for Northern Ireland doctors and dentists
Healthcare professionals in Northern Ireland can update their skills online following the launch of a training website.
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News
Training scheme for low-paid healthcare staff
Public sector union Unison has launched an initiative to improve training and learning opportunities for low-paid members.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to pick a prescription
Prescribing advisers help curb the national drugs spend and GPs value them too. Daloni Carlisle looks at their developing role
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News
Wales launches new mental health training programme
The Welsh Assembly today announced funding for new training at Swansea University that will allow nurses, occupational therapists and psychologists to become 'approved mental health professionals'.