Workforce – Page 422
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Comment
Simon Bird on whether clinicians are always the best leaders
It seems rather counter-cultural right now to question the drive for clinicians to take up leadership positions. However, the assumptions behind the drive, while compelling and applicable to some, should not be extrapolated across whole professions.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managing stress in the NHS workforce
The best cure for work-related stress is for employees to take personal ownership of the problem, explains Robert Wilcox
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Comment
Steve Onyett on medical leadership
The Darzi review has shed new light on the challenge of letting go of central control. The idea that staff can be clinicians, partners and leaders is an engaging way of conveying that leadership needs to be widely dispersed.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS retirement: old enough to know better
The NHS Retirement Fellowship must attract younger members if it is to continue to represent ex-staff. Stuart Shepherd reports
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News
Unison votes to re-open pay deal
Health workers' union Unison has voted to re-open a multi-year pay deal.
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News
Solihull care trust appoints interim chair
Jenni Ord has been appointed as interim chairman of Solihull care trust.
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Leader
Workforce strategy should be driven by trusts, not regions
Among the wild cheering that accompanied most of Lord Darzi’s next stage review plans, there was a markedly more muted response to the workforce strategy.
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News
Ruling against 'sexist' bonus
Thousands of female NHS staff will be able to lodge claims for extra pay following a Court of Appeal ruling.
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News
Joint appointment smooths way for Kingston merger
Kingston primary care trust and council are consulting on plans to integrate. The PCT and local authority have appointed the first joint director of finance as part of a move to promote greater partnership working.
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News
SHAs and trusts lock horns over future shape of workforce
The government’s NHS workforce strategy is sidelining trusts and fuelling rows with strategic health authorities, managers have told HSJ.Health minister Lord Darzi’s next stage review is being criticised for granting SHAs extra workforce planning powers and saying little about non-clinical managers.
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News
No prosecutions over Maidstone deaths
No-one will face prosecution over the deaths of 90 patients from C difficile at a Kent trust, it was announced today.Kent police and the Health and Safety Executive said they would take no further action after a review prompted by the critical Healthcare Commission report into Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells ...
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News
Hospital malnutrition doubles in two years
The number of serious incidents related to poor nutritional care of hospital patients has almost doubled, figures show.
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News
Appeal court ruling on discriminatory pay
Trusts may be forced to compensate thousands of female workers who missed out on pay protection schemes awarded to their male colleagues.
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HSJ Partners
Nurses' pay increases by 4.2 per cent
Qualified nurses' estimated basic pay increased to £27,000, according to the NHS Information Centre, which published its latest estimates of NHS staff earnings on 26 July.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managing sickness absence: case study
Following a rise in sickness absences among its staff, Wolverhampton City PCT formed a research team to investigate. Kuljit Heer explains what the team found out
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HSJ Knowledge
No success for successors in equal pay claims
A ruling that a woman's successor, in the same job, was a valid comparator for an equal pay claim has been overturned. Rachel Heenan and Daniella McGuigan explain the implications
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on the pursuit of happiness
A crazily affluent friend takes delivery of a Burberry handbag for which there has allegedly been a three-month waiting list. The price is roughly the same as the average British worker's monthly salary.
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment: tipped for the top
A tailored assessment toolkit is helping one trust assess leadership qualities, especially when making senior appointments. Madeleine Owen reports
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News
Trainee doctors more satisfied with training, survey shows
Trainee doctors are more satisfied with their training than they were a year ago, a survey by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board has revealed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Andrea Sutcliffe on non-executives' time commitments
One of the most enjoyable parts of my job at the Appointments Commission is attending the induction courses we hold for new non-executive directors. I am always impressed by the quality and experience of the people I meet and by their enthusiasm and commitment.