Workforce – Page 364
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NewsPCT manager costs vary widely
Management costs at the highest spending primary care trusts are four times that of the lowest, even accounting for different population sizes.
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NewsDH seeks solvency assurances from NHS Employers
The Department of Health is seeking assurances that NHS Employers is solvent before it will sign a new contract, after serious concerns were raised over its management and finances.
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NewsChief resigns after CQC fears
The chief executive of Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust, which was recently reprimanded by the Care Quality Commission and Monitor, has resigned.
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NewsMidlands trust explores John Lewis staff model
A Midlands acute trust is investigating a staff ownership model as an alternative to becoming a foundation trust.
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NewsFreeze public sector pay immediately, says CBI
Business leaders have called for an immediate freeze in the public sector pay bill under moves to control public finances.
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HSJ KnowledgeLeadership effectiveness
It is nearly two years since High Quality Care for All announced the intention to “empower frontline staff to lead change that improves quality of care for patients”, suggesting an explicit link between leadership effectiveness and the quality of care.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS pay myths: do salary bonuses add up?
In the last in this series on public sector pay myths Peter Smith examines some ideas about bonuses in the public sector, and senior salary transparency
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Do More Great Work: stop the busywork and start the work that matters
Out with the bad and in with the good is the message here, says Eileen Ball
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News'Train healthcare staff to fight HIV discrimination'
Healthcare staff should be trained to help combat discrimination against HIV patients, Welsh Assembly members have said.
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NewsLansley orders probe into chief's sacking
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has ordered an investigation into NHS South West’s role in the sacking of a trust chief executive.
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NewsNicola Sturgeon rules out compulsory redundancies
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon offered firm guarantees today that no NHS employee will face compulsory redundancy as part of plans to tackle public spending pressures.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient safety: the human factors
‘Human factors’ can create gaps in systems that endanger patients. In the second part in our series Helen Mooney explains how self-knowledge is the first step to safer care
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CommentKen Jarrold on strategic planning in the NHS
Our new government could do worse than to engage in a little strategic planning.
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NewsGreater Glasgow and Clyde to cut 1,200 jobs
A health board has announced it is to cut more than 1,200 jobs in the next 18 months.
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NewsScotland evaluates Releasing Time To Care
Members of Scottish parliament are scrutinising a healthcare initiative which has given nurses 40% more time to care for patients.
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NewsBMA calls for more protection against doctor victimisation
Doctors fear their careers may be jeopardised if they raise concerns about patient care, medical chiefs have said.
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NewsLansley promises real terms NHS budget increases and greater say for clinicians over reconfiguration
The new health secretary has said the NHS might face greater efficiency savings than the 3 per cent planned for and that GPs would have a say on hospital reconfiguration.
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NewsNHS Confed trustees ‘misled’ over failed scheme
Financial risks and apparent conflicts of interest related to NHS Employers’ failed membership scheme were missed due to the perception it had an “unstoppable momentum”, a report leaked to HSJ reveals.
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NewsManager suspended on full pay for five years
A senior hospital manager has received £315,000 in salary payments from a trust in Nottingham, after being suspended on full pay for almost five years.
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CommentStephen Eames on the NHS leadership race
Research by McKinsey shows companies like to promote the idea that employees are their biggest competitive advantage. Yet most are as unprepared for the challenge of finding, motivating and nurturing talent as they were a decade ago. Why?