Workforce – Page 420

  • News

    Frank or futile? Health gets the blog treatment

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    Blogging is increasingly offering a colourful commentary of life in the NHS and writers argue decision makers would do well to pay attention. Jo Stephenson asks if managers should be afraid

  • News

    Medics may lose out on job agency rights

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    Civil servants are trying to amend a legal 'technicality' that grants junior doctors the same rights as employment agency workers.

  • News

    Dragons' Den inspires trusts

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    I read with interest the item 'PCT 'dragons' hunt fresh ideas'. Last autumn in South West Essex primary care trust provider services, we launched a 'new innovations initiative' which was based on the TV series Dragons' Den. We established our initiative to help with developing a culture of innovation across ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS North West celebrates diversity in the health service

    2008-08-26T09:00:00Z

    NHS North West has paid tribute to people from black and minority ethnic communities in the region for their contribution to the health service over the last 60 years.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Ambassadors programme boosts health sector training

    2008-08-26T09:00:00Z

    In September 2007, University Hospitals Bristol foundation trust launched the ambassadors network to support the delivery of the trust's schools liaison programme.

  • Comment

    David Levy on the changing face of clinical leadership

    2008-08-26T09:00:00Z

    Clinical leadership is changing in response to Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, but the changes have not been uniform across the health community.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Solving the patient perception puzzle

    2008-08-25T09:00:00Z

    A London trust improved patient experiences with dedicated staff - and came up with an award-winning campaign concept. Stuart Shepherd explains

  • Comment

    Ken Jarrold on Darzi and nursing

    2008-08-25T09:00:00Z

    While Lord Darzi's review of the NHS is to be warmly supported, it is astonishing that it contains almost no reference to nursing or to ward and team leaders.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Darzi workforce plans offer a real chance for staff

    2008-08-21T09:00:00Z

    Ambitious promises to the NHS workforce have been enshrined in the NHS constitution. Will weasel words help employers dodge the commitments or can bargaining and hard work make them stick?

  • News

    Equality lead slams NHS track record

    2008-08-21T09:00:00Z

    The only equality director at strategic health authority level has called for the NHS to tackle race discrimination by setting ethnic quotas for managers if necessary.

  • News

    Trusts fail on race inequalities

    2008-08-21T09:00:00Z

    The Royal College of Nursing's own research reflects the findings of the Race Equality Service Review by the South East Coast BME Network.

  • News

    Positive signs in struggle for race equality

    2008-08-21T09:00:00Z

    HSJ is right to highlight the challenges in getting more staff from black and minority backgrounds into senior management positions. We at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement recognise this and are far from complacent about what the data shows us.

  • Blogs

    Racism in the NHS

    2008-08-21T09:00:00Z

    I read with interest your report on NHS organisations failing on race equality duties. Yet again we have a damning report on the institutional racism that is endemic in the NHS.

  • Comment

    Jon Restell on keeping managers in the NHS

    2008-08-21T09:00:00Z

    Sixty per cent of the people who will make up the NHS workforce in 10 years are already employed in the service. This is the latest fancy dan statistic to drop into any workforce discussion.

  • Comment

    Mark Johnson on outsourcing in the health sector

    2008-08-20T09:00:00Z

    A recent report into the impact, scale and potential of the 'public services industry' - private companies and other organisations that provide services to the government - is very timely.

  • News

    Pharmacists' union to investigate workplace stress

    2008-08-19T11:55:00Z

    The Pharmacists' Defence Association is conducting a work-related stress audit.

  • News

    Spreading the word about NHS careers

    2008-08-19T09:00:00Z

    Taking part in a new careers initiative could help NHS organisations raise their profile among job seekers

  • News

    Regional Darzi reports downplay midwife shortage - RCM

    2008-08-18T12:39:00Z

    A rising birth rate, increasing numbers of complex pregnancies and shortages of midwifery staff mean 610 more midwives are needed in the East of England region, the Royal College of Midwives has said.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Embedding leadership in medical training

    2008-08-18T09:00:00Z

    Medical training must increase its emphasis on leadership skills if the aims of Lord Darzi's review of the health service are to be realised

  • News

    Careers: TGI Monday

    2008-08-18T09:00:00Z

    Jobseekers have ranked healthcare management among the most desirable careers. Louise Hunt finds out why