All Staff wellbeing articles – Page 74
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News
Junior doctors 'spend too long on admin'
Junior doctors spend more time on admin than they do on formal medical training, research suggested today.
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HSJ Knowledge
Make the best of your healthcare workforce
With budgets under pressure, it pays to identify the most promising individuals and plan their career development
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News
Hospital drivers to vote on strike action
Health staff who drive patients to and from hospitals are to be balloted for strikes in a row over plans to privatise their work.
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HSJ Knowledge
The Equality Act 2010: an equal opportunity
This October, equality in the workplace will take a leap forward as the Equality Act 2010 becomes law. Lorraine Heard looks at the implications for the NHS
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HSJ Knowledge
Social marketing in health: the right tools for the job
Social marketing is playing a growing role in strategies to improve population health. In the first of two articles Stuart Shepherd examines the National Social Marketing Centre’s social marketing planning guide and toolbox
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News
Zero tolerance needed for ambulance staff assaults
Zero tolerance is needed to crack down on people who assault ambulance staff, according to a leading union.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managing stress in the NHS – the legal perspective
It is normal to feel some degree of stress at work and employers can avoid compensation claims by giving reasonable support, says Andrew Craggs
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HSJ Knowledge
Your redundancy rescue plan
Part two in our look at job loss explains how - when the initial shock has passed - it can be an opportunity to advance your career, as Michael Moran explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Redundancy in the NHS: how to ensure fairness
If you have to let people go, make sure the process is compassionate and fair, says Michael Moran
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Tips for preventing hospital violence
From workplace design to forward planning, prevention is the watchword as trusts aim for a trouble free future
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HSJ Knowledge
Reporting on incidents
The length of reports into critical incidents could be a barrier to communicating the valuable lessons buried inside them.
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HSJ Knowledge
Nuisance and disturbance on NHS premises
According to the NHS Security Management Service there were 54,758 reported physical assaults against NHS staff in England in 2008/2009.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on the NHS budget
Here’s a summary of the financial plan for the English NHS.
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News
Cost of weekend A&E police cover revealed
Hospitals are paying tens of thousands of pounds for police officers to cover accident and emergency departments on Friday and Saturday nights, it has been disclosed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Working towards staff wellbeing
Employees who have mental health conditions can maintain their place in the workforce, says Margaret Barrett
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News
NHS staff satisfaction on the up
NHS staff report feeling more satisfied in their jobs and more supported by their managers, but a minority of organisations are not committed to improving engagement, according to the Department of Health.
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News
Less than half of NHS staff think managers work well with others
Just under half of NHS staff think that healthcare professionals and management work well together, figures from the 2009 NHS staff survey reveal.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why NHS volunteering is all round value
Aintree is one of many trusts that both benefit from and give advantages to volunteers, reports Alison Moore
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Comment
Mark Goldman on inspiring people
“We must reject the idea - well intentioned but dead wrong - that the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become ‘more like a business’.
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News
CPS code casts its net NHS wide
The Crown Prosecution Service code, which gives guidance to prosecutors, has widened its definition of who serves the public to include members of the emergency services and health professionals.