Workforce – Page 272
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NewsSafety fears as junior doctors abandon A&E
Junior doctors are turning their backs on emergency medicine, exacerbating patient safety risks in accident and emergency departments, the General Medical Council has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeExplaining pensions changes and the NHS
Providing workers with the full picture is essential
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Blogs
Lights, camera, inaction
TV’s Undercover Boss is a lesson in management – for all the wrong reasons
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BlogsMy own experience of a report 'cover up'
I was told my report identifying serious concerns at one organisation could not be made public
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NewsDetails of NHS fit and proper person test emerge
A fit and proper person test for senior healthcare managers will be made a requirement of Care Quality Commission registration it has emerged.
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CommentThe NHS is our premier national social asset
The service is bruised but still facing up to many challenges
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NewsTrusts urged to reduce elective activity during junior doctor transition
Hospitals have been urged to consider further reducing elective activity during the junior doctor changeover in August to help tackle a spike in mortality rates.
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NewsMPs attack 'missed opportunity' of consultants contract
NHS hospital consultants are being poorly managed and their 2003 contract was a “missed opportunity” which delivered poor value for money, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to lead staff through unprecedented change
Strategies and characteristics for new NHS leaders
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NewsIndividual trusts to publish surgeons’ data
Individual trusts’ websites will have to provide links to their consultants’ performance data – including mortality rates – by the end of July, under a flagship NHS transparency programme.
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CommentWe need to take better care of NHS staff
Ways to manage morale and distress in the workforce
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HSJ Local
Hundreds of medical students forced to re-sit exam
Hundreds of medical students at King’s College Medical School have been forced to re-sit an exam after it featured questions available on a smartphone revision app designed by an honorary lecturer at the college.
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NewsOsborne announces tighter controls on pay progression
Pay progression for most health employees will from 2015-16 be tied “more closely” to their achievement of local performance standards, George Osborne announced today.
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NewsBMA calls for regulation of managers
The British Medical Association has called for NHS bosses to be held accountable for hospital failures through a new regulation system.
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HSJ KnowledgeShaping the future NHS workforce
There are difficult questions to address about the workforce
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NewsChanges to role of FT governors spark 'confusion'
Guidance for foundation trust governors which appears to suggest they should go straight to the Care Quality Commission with any concerns is adding to growing confusion over their role, HSJ has been told.
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NewsConfusion over plans to ease out Morecambe Bay chief nurse
Scandal-hit University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s plans to move its chief nurse to another foundation trust were thrown into confusion today when the would-be recipient said it had not agreed to the move.
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NewsDoctors 'not empowered by reforms'
Almost two-thirds of doctors feel less “empowered” than they did before the government’s controversial health reforms, a new poll suggests.
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NewsCall for evidence on longer working
Healthcare employers and workers are being asked for views on the impact on staff of working into their 60s as part of a review that could pave the way for employers to make increased contributions for staff in particularly demanding roles.