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NewsAgenda for Change proposals revealed
Senior staff could be moved out of the Agenda for Change pay framework under proposals devised by NHS Employers, it has emerged.
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NewsReview concludes NMC is failing 'at every level'
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has problems “at every level”, according to a highly critical report into the regulator published today.
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HSJ LocalNew role for Chesterfield Royal director
Andrew Jones, director of facilities at the Chesterfield Royal Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been appointed president of the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals.
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Pensions problem halts community trust's expansion
A community trust’s bid to run a number of Sure Start centres in Norfolk has been hit by pension complications.
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NewsNew BMA chair elected as future strike decision is put off
A decision on future strike action by the BMA has been deferred until next month as newly elected chair Dr Mark Porter will seek an urgent meeting with the Health Secretary.
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Doctors mull over further industrial action
Doctors will today debate whether to call for another day of industrial action over the government’s controversial pension reforms.
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NewsCommissioning board admits shortage of interest in CSS director jobs
There is a shortage of applicants to run commissioning support services, HSJ has learned, sparking fears that the jobs are proving unattractive to senior NHS managers.
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HSJ KnowledgeExploring attitudes to leadership among ‘grass roots’ doctors
Duncan Bland looks at the findings from nine leadership focus groups that reveal doctors’ definitions of clinical leadership, the skills they believed were important and the potential barriers to and enablers of leadership they perceived in the health system.
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HSJ KnowledgeA framework for nurturing leadership skills in doctor training
Doctors’ postgraduate training is the perfect time to nurture an understanding of the leadership framework, explain Amy Brockbank and her North Western deanery colleagues.
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NewsWould-be candidates excluded from top commissioning board clinical posts
National clinical directors and other likely candidates are being excluded from applying to key posts in the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Mid Staffs looks to reward outstanding staff
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has launched an awards scheme to recognise best practice by staff at both Stafford and Cannock Hospitals.
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HSJ LocalSherwood Forest plans to cut 230 staff to save £10.5m
WORKFORCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has revealed plans to axe 235 jobs in a bid to save £10.5m.
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NewsPorter: doctors need to be 'cautious' about strikes
Doctors should not feel tied to further strike action if the government does not compromise on plans to remove their pensions, according to the medic expected to become the British Medical Association’s new leader.
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HSJ KnowledgeStaff engagement: an essential ingredient for good management
Staff engagement isn’t an optional extra or something that’s nice to have in good times. It’s an essential ingredient of good management and for helping trusts tackle the challenges they are facing in today’s NHS
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NewsMutuals should be 'mainstream' service option
Report calls for raft of government measures to encourage mutuals
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NewsKeogh outlines junior doctor death-rate measures
Patients are put at risk when junior doctors start work, the NHS medical director conceded as he outlined measures to end the so-called health service “killing season”.
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NewsMeldrum urges caution over further pensions action
The outgoing British Medical Association leader has urged the union to be cautious about taking further industrial action over pensions.
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NewsNumber of managers in NHS down by 5.7 per cent
The number of managers working in the NHS fell by nearly four times as much as other groups of staff over the past year, the NHS chief executive’s annual report reveals.
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NewsJoe Rafferty to leave NHS Commissioning Board
The national director for commissioning support is leaving the NHS Commissioning Board to run a mental health trust.
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NewsNHS needs new 'visionary' leadership style
The next generation of leaders in the NHS needs a different approach if the service is to deliver on future challenges, the man charged with leading the development of talent has told HSJ.