Workforce – Page 397
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Nicky Spencer on aspiring to leadership
July brings us a further step forward in the delivery of Inspiring Leaders, the regional leadership plans.
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Giving up clinical practice: the clinical leader’s dilemma
Giving up clinical practice can be the right decision for many clinicians taking on management roles, writes Steve Feast
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BMA tells trusts not to victimise whistleblowers
Hospital trusts have been warned that victimising NHS whistleblowers can put patients at risk.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to tackle equality and diversity in the health service
NHS Employers has chosen 20 trusts as partners to lead the way on equality and diversity. HSJ looks at some of the schemes in place to improve the health service not just for patients but for its workforce too
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Junior doctor 80 hour weeks 'gone forever'
The days of NHS junior doctors working 80 hour weeks have gone for good, says health secretary Andy Burnham.
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Lord Darzi on the first year of high quality care for all
The NHS’s cup is not running over as the service enters a period of increasing financial pressure, but the vintage laid down last year offers the best hope for everyone’s future
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NHS Top Leaders list gets under way
A scheme to identify the most important NHS leaders will name regulators, civil servants and quango chiefs.
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Mid Staffs refuses to publish report on chief executive
Mid Staffordshire foundation trust has defied ministers by refusing to publish an independent report on its former chief executive.
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David Nicholson gives leaders a license to experiment
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has pledged that managers will not risk their jobs if they experiment with new ways of delivering services.
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NHS Counter Fraud Service slated after trial collapses
The former chief executive of a private hospital group has criticised the NHS Counter Fraud Service and police after his trial for fraud collapsed.
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Care trust chair steps down
The chair of Northumberland care trust is leaving the post after nearly five years.
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Pete Mason on surviving change
To say that the health service is drastically changing is like pointing out that the sun is warm.
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How to use NHS leadership training to drive performance
A leadership development programme helped Bradford and Airedale PCT reach level three for clinical leadership in the world class commissioning competencies, as Jan Lee explains
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NHS dentistry shake-up on the cards
Linking dentists’ pay to how many people are on their books will see them rewarded for registering new patients, plans aimed at boosting access to NHS services explain.
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Chief executive of £3.6m deficit trust resigns
The resignation of the chief executive of the Northern Health trust Norma Evans has been announced by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.
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Welsh maternity services 'lack respect'
Research by a public spending watchdog has found not all maternity services are treating mothers with dignity and understanding.
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NHS meets C difficile target ahead of schedule
NHS staff have been praised for meeting the government’s target to reduce C difficile infections two years ahead of schedule.
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'No benefits' to new NHS pay system
The Agenda for Change pay system for NHS staff brought in three years ago has failed to deliver the £1.3bn promised in net savings, a report has said.
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High levels of sick leave in Scotland prompts inquiry call
It has emerged that 3,389 NHS staff in Scotland are on long term sick leave, prompting Labour to ask the Scottish government to launch an investigation into the levels of sickness absence.
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Nurse jailed for NHS bursary fraud
A nurse has been jailed for nine months in the latest of a string of NHS bursary fraud stings.