Workforce – Page 347
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News£750m spent by NHS on locum doctors
NHS hospitals spend more than £750m a year on hiring temporary doctors - and the cost has almost doubled in two years, figures suggest.
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NewsNHS chiefs criticised for taking large pay rises
NHS chief executives must not freeze Agenda for Change increments while awarding themselves “indefensible” pay rises, Royal College of Nursing chief executive and general secretary Peter Carter has argued.
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NewsBudget squeeze 'putting NHS under severe pressure'
The NHS is under “severe pressure” because of staff shortages, recruitment freezes and redundancies, the largest public sector union has warned.
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NewsReport criticises junior doctors' workload
Patients are being placed at “unnecessary risk” because junior doctors are told to work beyond their competence, a report said today.
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HSJ KnowledgeCareer transition: your five steps to the future
The direction of your career might sometimes look scary - but it doesn’t need to be. Just follow Steve Preston’s tips for navigating the road to re-adjustment
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Comment'A good coach helps you to see the world as it really is'
Stress levels in the management community are higher than at any time since I joined it 41 years ago. At best, many managers face the loss of career prospects and life chances. At worst, they face the loss of employment and real hardship.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The Managing Change Pocketbook
Some useful if not revolutionary tips for transition, says Liz Hedgecock
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Comment'Major NHS reforms are driven by the heart, not the calculator'
Two things become apparent from recent parliamentary exchanges on the cost of anticipated large scale NHS redundancies.
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NewsMore Tribal health staff jobs now at risk
Consultancy Tribal has launched another round of redundancies in a review of its health business.
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CommentThe NHS needs to re-invent itself to cope with funding cuts
The NHS’s funding increase is actually a 0.5 per cent cut - efficiency savings of 4-5 per cent will have to be found.
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NewsVoluntary MARS pay-off plan attracts very few takers
A key government initiative to reduce NHS management costs is heading for failure, HSJ research suggests
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NewsConcern over rate of PCT talent drain
MPs and GPs are concerned primary care trusts have already begun losing some of their best managers ahead of their proposed abolition.
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NewsPay GPs more in poorer areas - public accounts committee
GPs should be offered more money to work in deprived areas as part of efforts to tackle the health gap between rich and poor, an influential group of MPs has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeTough times are top times to brush up on your skills
You can take your career in an exciting new direction by making the most of your transferable skills, says Ben Chambers
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HSJ KnowledgeMake the most of staff inductions
I wonder how new Labour leader Ed Miliband is feeling. He will have had the tour, been given all the pay and rations, health and safety information, acquired the manual and keys to his kingdom. Is he starting to wonder whether becoming leader is right for him? One thing is ...
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NewsPCT chief exec steps down via MARS
A Shropshire chief executive is to leave his primary care trust at the end of the month via the government’s scheme to streamline management cuts.
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CommentNHS efficiency savings could get a rough ride
What is the difference between a cut and an efficiency saving? And will patients be able to tell the difference?
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NewsDH accused of 'wishful thinking' on redundancy costs
Figures being used by the Department of Health to estimate the cost of NHS redundancies have been dismissed as “wishful thinking.”
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NewsNHS Confederation and Slipman agree ‘way forward’
The NHS Confederation has agreed a “collaborative way forward” with the Foundation Trust Network and its suspended chair Sue Slipman.
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NewsCapita eyes NHS quangos
Outsourcing firm Capita is looking to take over at least four NHS quangos that currently employ nearly 12,000 people and have a combined budget of more than £2.6bn.