Workforce – Page 336
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NewsNational competency standards to regulate manager performance
Senior managers “who let people down” will be held to account by a national list of standards of competence and behaviour.
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News53,000 NHS jobs 'under threat'
More than 50,000 NHS jobs face being axed, including doctors, nurses and dentists, because of government spending cuts, “destroying” claims about the funding of the health service, a new report claims.
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HSJ KnowledgeTo work, the 'pay freeze for jobs' agreement needs coherent, medium term planning
The national enabling agreement proposes a pay freeze in return for no compulsory redundancies - but could this really be delivered? Director of public sector consulting at Hay Group Peter Smith weighs up the pros and cons.
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NewsPCT cluster retracts threat to cut public health posts
A primary care trust cluster in London has retracted letters sent to public health staff warning them their posts were “at risk”, after a minister publicly said it was wrong.
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NewsUnions' fury at PM privatisation plans
The prime minister has been accused of trying to take the UK back to the “divisive” years of the 1980s after suggesting that all public services could be opened up to private companies.
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Compensation payment reform backed by panel
A panel of independent experts has backed plans to reform the system of NHS compensation claims in Scotland.
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HSJ KnowledgeMaking changes to achieve savings - without disastrous consequences
In managing the NHS, we have choices. When we have a difficult problem do we think radical, fundamental, realistic, or painstaking? Jan Filochowski, chief executive of West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust, says that when push comes to shove, it’s worth being an evolver more than a radical, and a realist more ...
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New chief exec joins Southend FT
WORKFORCE: Southend University FT’s new chief executive has begun working at the trust and will take over as accountable officer on 1 March 2011.
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Agency staff driving nursing cost overspend at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
WORKFORCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is reporting an overspend on nursing staff due to agency staff costs.
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HSJ KnowledgeReal healthcare reform needs a new conceptual landscape
Real healthcare reform requires a fundamental change in thinking, because more of the same just won’t do the trick, says Ann Porter, founder and chief executive of social innovation company Soda.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the true cost of training
In a transparent, rules based funding system like payment by results, how can we ensure a steady flow of financial goodies to the deserving rich in the London teaching hospitals?
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CommentMedia Watch: drunks and royals give NHS staff little cause to raise a glass
One health story got the attention of all of the nationals this week - an Alcohol Concern report on the pressure placed on the NHS by drinking.
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NewsTrusts underestimating 'hidden' staff bank costs by 40 per cent
Trusts are underestimating the true costs of running in-house staffing banks by as much as 40 per cent, an NHS Professionals report has claimed.
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NewsPCT 'first' to look at commissioning social enterprise
NHS Western Cheshire staff may launch the first commissioning support social enterprise.
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HSJ Local
Kingston Hospital's integrated business plan would see nearly 500 posts deleted
WORKFORCE: A presentation sent to a local primary care trust envisaged cutting 486 posts by 2015/16 through “producitvity plans”.
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NewsTrusts to consider EU-wide training
Trusts are being asked to consider whether European training curriculum for health professionals should replace national programmes, in order to encourage migration.
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HSJ Local
‘Cluster’ leadership role for NHS Brighton and Hove chief exec
WORKFORCE: Amanda Fadero, current chief executive of NHS Brighton and Hove, has been appointed as designate chief executive for the primary care trust “cluster” that will cover Sussex.
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HSJ Local
Chief exec chosen to lead PCT ‘cluster’ including NHS West Sussex
WORKFORCE: Current chief executive of NHS Brighton and Hove Amanda Fadero has been appointed as designate chief executive for the primary care trust “cluster” that will cover Sussex.
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Chief exec chosen to lead PCT ‘cluster’ including NHS East Sussex Downs and Weald
WORKFORCE: Current chief executive of NHS Brighton and Hove Amanda Fadero has been appointed as designate chief executive for the primary care trust “cluster” that will cover Sussex.
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Chief exec chosen to lead PCT ‘cluster’ including NHS Hastings and Rother
WORKFORCE: Current chief executive of NHS Brighton and Hove Amanda Fadero has been appointed as designate chief executive for the primary care trust “cluster” that will cover Sussex.