All Education/training articles – Page 86
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Adoption award added to bursary scheme
Adoption and maternity support awards will be introduced to the NHS bursary scheme from September 2007 following an agreement between the Department of Health and unions.
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Helping people back to work
Long-term staff absence can be very damaging to NHS organisations, and tackling the problem individually could prove to be the most effective solution. Jean Brading reports on what can be done to make a difference on the front line
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Equality - tools of the trade
Ethnically diverse populations present a range of challenges for healthcare. But help is at hand with Hammersmith's award-winning cultural toolkit, says Stuart Shepherd
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Autumn relaunch for skills
The knowledge and skills framework is set for a relaunch this autumn to address its lagging implementation in many trusts.The Social Partnership Forum, made up of NHS Employers, the NHS trade unions and the Department of Health, will lead a relaunch of the Agenda for Change careers framework from mid-September.The ...
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Jenny Rogers on anger management
A new client is referred to me. It's clear this man is a star; a globally respected expert. When everything is going well he is personable, dynamic, creative and meets stretching targets. Yet it is clear from the muffled and coded semi-briefing I get from his boss that this man's ...
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nib 5
The UK’s first academic health science centre has been given the green light by health secretary Alan Johnson.Hammersmith Hospitals trust and St Mary’s Hospital trust will merge on 1 October and integrate with Imperial College London. Lord Tugendhat has been appointed the first chairman of Imperial College Healthcare trust by ...
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Keele celebrates 20 years of health management
Celebrating the 21st anniversary of the Centre for Health Planning and Management next month, Keele University will be taking time out to reflect on past achievements and look to the centre's future.
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Stephen Thornton on engaging clinicians
'One of the most powerful motivating factors for clinicians to be involved in improving services is seeing its direct impact on the quality of patient care'
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David Amos on the case for change
'The experience of the Blitz was used as evidence that, on the whole, people wanted to stay put - sixty years later, and the NHS is at it again.'
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Healthcare education consultation under way
Skills for Health has begun a three-month consultation on a new quality assurance framework for healthcare education.
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MTAS: after the storm
The dust is still settling on the MTAS debacle, but the future of medical training is far from gloomy. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Making the best of the clinical workforce
Preparing the healthcare workforce to meet the challenges of the future will require clear professional development strategies, write Tony Weetman and Steven West
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Prison mental healthcare: developing cultural competence
Link workers are enhancing mental healthcare for black and ethic minority prisoners.One such person, community development worker Irfan Mohammed, acts as a link worker for prisoners in Dorset.
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A holistic approach to career advice
Information, advice and guidance on careers in health is being made easier to explore by a new advice line that is also acessible on the internet, explains Helen Fields
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Review of Modernising Medical Careers was handled properly
The Department of Health has been transparent throughout Professor Neil Douglas's review of Modernising Medical Careers and the Medical Training Application Service, says health minister Ben Bradshaw
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Redesigning the workforce
A unit based at Southampton University is re-examining healthcare roles as changes take place in the world of work. Debra Humphris explains
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NHS strikes new deal with Microsoft
The NHS has deepened its involvement with Microsoft by renewing the enterprise agreement signed with the company in 2004 and agreeing new e-mail software.
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Nursing core values
A motivational session on leadership has launched a series of masterclasses for the nursing community
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Campaign stresses importance of immunisation
New research claims that more than one in three people in the UK are not aware of the diseases that can be prevented by vaccination and are putting themselves and others at risk.
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Social care institute calls for more e-learning
Research commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence shows that the social care workforce is ready to use more web-based methods of learning.