Workforce – Page 427

  • Comment

    David Amos on staff engagement

    2008-08-11T09:00:00Z

    The people of Hounslow, west London, have been impressed by a street cleaner who dances like Michael Jackson. This is either the council chief executive on a back to the floor initiative thinking about how much his contract is worth, or an extremely engaged employee.

  • Comment

    Hilary Thomas on healthy competition

    2008-08-11T09:00:00Z

    The right sort of competition in healthcare is a prescription for huge gains in quality and efficiency. But while this can be encouraged partly through attractive incentives, have we been too lenient in pursuing more punitive measures?

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Staff development: three steps to greatness

    2008-08-11T09:00:00Z

    Chris Roebuck explains how human resources is vital to develop the next generation of leaders in the health service

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Dismissal and suspension of non-executive directors

    2008-08-08T09:00:00Z

    New rules regarding the suspension and removal of non-executive directors have come into force. Mark Leach explains the legislation

  • Leader

    Management must do more to ensure the NHS is free of racism

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    Apart from legal and moral obligations to its own staff, there is an even more powerful reason why the NHS needs to be sure it is free of discrimination.

  • News

    Managers losing sleep as 48-hour week nears

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    The clock is ticking on the European working time directive, with only a year until junior doctors’ hours are cut. Alison Moore asks if trusts are ready to make the change

  • News

    Minority staff get worse deal on jobs, pay and grievances

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    Widespread disadvantages faced by black and minority ethnic NHS staff have been laid bare in a stark analysis of recruitment, bullying, grievance and disciplinary rates.

  • Comment

    Michael White on feminism

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    I couldn't help noticing in recent days how feminism kept popping up. As part of the wider debate about equality affecting class and poverty, gender, race, disability, it never goes away.

  • News

    Some are more equally paid than others

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    The Appeal Court's decision in the Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough borough councils equal pay case will prove a curate's egg for NHS trusts. At the heart of the decision are answers to questions about pay protection. This operates where an employer buffers the effects of having to bring male ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Devolved power flows through Darzi's vision

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    The next stage review's warm reception was testament to the staff and patient engagement that informed it. Now, says NHS chief executive David Nicholson, that local ownership will energise its implementation

  • HSJ Partners

    Getting the most from the NHS workforce

    2008-08-06T09:00:00Z

    With more than 1.3 million members of staff, the NHS is the largest employer in Europe and has traditionally been regarded as a good place to work. But traditions can change and assets need to be looked after. Alastair Henderson explains that as the NHS moves into a new era, ...

  • Comment

    Simon Bird on whether clinicians are always the best leaders

    2008-08-05T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Managing stress in the NHS workforce

    2008-08-05T09:00:00Z

    The best cure for work-related stress is for employees to take personal ownership of the problem, explains Robert Wilcox

  • Comment

    Steve Onyett on medical leadership

    2008-08-04T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS retirement: old enough to know better

    2008-08-04T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Retirement Fellowship must attract younger members if it is to continue to represent ex-staff. Stuart Shepherd reports

  • News

    Unison votes to re-open pay deal

    2008-08-01T11:56:00Z

    Health workers' union Unison has voted to re-open a multi-year pay deal.

  • News

    Solihull care trust appoints interim chair

    2008-07-31T12:16:00Z

    Jenni Ord has been appointed as interim chairman of Solihull care trust.

  • Leader

    Workforce strategy should be driven by trusts, not regions

    2008-07-31T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Ruling against 'sexist' bonus

    2008-07-31T09:00:00Z

    Thousands of female NHS staff will be able to lodge claims for extra pay following a Court of Appeal ruling.

  • News

    Joint appointment smooths way for Kingston merger

    2008-07-31T09:00:00Z

    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.