Workforce – Page 424

  • News

    Career framework for allied health professionals

    2008-07-16T12:52:00Z

    A flexible career framework for allied health professionals will help managers develop teams and services to reflect patients' needs, the Department of Health has claimed.

  • News

    HSJ launches Healthcare 100

    2008-07-15T11:59:00Z

    HSJ and sister title Nursing Times today launched the Healthcare 100, which will identify the top places to work in the health sector.The awards, in association with NHS Employers, will draw on employer and employee survey results carried out by Ipsos MORI to generate an overall ranking, as well as ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Information Centre publishes staff earnings estimates

    2008-07-15T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Information Centre has published its latest estimates of NHS staff earnings. The estimates are based on earnings between January and March 2008 and are compared with estimates from the same period in 2007.

  • Comment

    Simon Fradd on Darzi vs the GPs

    2008-07-15T09:00:00Z

    Sixty years ago, the medical profession took on Nye Bevan and lost - are we about to do the same thing again?

  • HSJ Knowledge

    How HR can bring the house down

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    In the NHS, backstage functions like human resources must adapt if they are to keep pace with the changing demands of service users, says Chris Roebuck

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Julia Tybura on new NHS values

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    I am proud Zenon has reached the ripe old age (in consultancy years) of 10 and I am delighted that at last month's NHS Confederation conference we had many clients, colleagues and friends celebrating with us.

  • News

    Soaring birth rates put midwives under pressure

    2008-07-11T14:34:00Z

    The Royal College of Midwives has warned soaring birth rates are putting midwives under 'huge pressure'.Commenting on official statistics revealing a 16 per cent increase in births between 2001 and 2007, RCM general secretary Dame Karlene Davis said: 'The number of midwives is not keeping pace with the increasing birth ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Developing the endoscopy practitioner role

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    Angela Gardiner explains the benefits of developing the role of endoscopy practitioner and outlines the training available

  • News

    Darzi drives doctors to scale the dizzy heights

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    The next stage review makes a priority of getting more clinicians into leadership roles. Alison Moore explores the implications of the workforce strategy for clinical professionals

  • News

    Gay clergy find a welcome in NHS chaplaincy

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    The NHS is more welcoming to gay clergy than the Church of England, new research on hospital chaplains suggests.

  • News

    News in pictures: women surgeons

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    The portraits of six female surgeons go on show today at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The photographs, by Jane Brettle, mark the work of female surgeons who have played a major role at the college and helped raise the profile of women in surgery.

  • News

    Darzi calls for skills to tackle challenge of lifestyle diseases

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    Primary and community care organisations must strengthen their skills and infrastructure to tackle 'lifestyle diseases' such as obesity, Lord Darzi told an HSJ conference this week.

  • News

    Hospital at night model adopted by 80 per cent of trusts

    2008-07-09T14:04:00Z

    Almost 80 per cent of NHS trusts across England, Wales and Scotland are now using the Hospital at Night method of teamworking, a survey by NHS National Workforce Projects shows.Four NHS trusts piloted the techniques in 2003, but now Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and countries in the EU have ...

  • Comment

    Jo Davis on the ambassador chairman

    2008-07-09T09:00:00Z

    There's a lot more to being a trust chairman than just chairing board meetings. One of the most important roles, without a doubt, is that of ambassador.

  • News

    Independent Reconfiguration Panel appoints chief

    2008-07-08T12:30:00Z

    Richard Jeavons has been appointed as chief executive of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Dame Carol Black on clinical responsibility

    2008-07-08T09:00:00Z

    My interest in the changes in the NHS workforce has mostly focused on frontline staff - participants in the millions of clinical encounters that are at the heart of the service.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Bucking the absenteeism trend

    2008-07-08T09:00:00Z

    Managing sickness absence in the NHS can be tricky, but there are steps managers can take to protect productivity and staff well-being. Jane Fraser explains

  • News

    NHS is a better employer of clergy than church, study claims

    2008-07-07T12:26:00Z

    The NHS is a better employer of clergy than the Church of England, especially for people who are gay, according to new research.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    A look inside a care trust plus

    2008-07-07T09:00:00Z

    North East Lincolnshire is home to England's first care trust plus. Stuart Shepherd spoke to its ambitious - and entirely local - leader

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Recruitment questions: overseas staff in the NHS

    2008-07-07T09:00:00Z

    A few years ago, the service was in the spotlight for plugging staffing gaps with overseas workers. Now restrictions have been imposed as vacancies evaporate. Is the NHS right to aim for a 'self-sufficient' workforce?