Workforce – Page 444
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News
NHS Western Isles criticised for financial failings
The Scottish Parliament's audit committee has found serious failings in the running of NHS Western Isles and condemned its persistent failure to put in place adequate financial controls.
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Comment
David Amos on workforce planning
A clip on YouTube called Shifthappens broadcasts statistical evidence to demonstrate that the human race is experiencing a world of exponential growth. NHS workforce planners should take note.
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HSJ Knowledge
Tips for managers on supporting staff
Managers who are engaged with their staff create well-being and better care. Margaret Bradley and Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe explain how to achieve this
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health history: taking over the asylum
In our latest feature marking the NHS’s 60th anniversary, Mark Gould charts the journey from Victorian asylums to the national service framework and recent backward steps
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Comment
Neil Goodwin on academic health science centres
A quiet revolution due to take place across university hospitals will fundamentally change the relationship between doctors and managers in the NHS.
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News
Medical students should not be guaranteed work - Alan Maynard
Medical students should not expect a guaranteed job at the end of their training, health economist Professor Alan Maynard has argued in today's edition of the BMJ.
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News
Foreign doctors appeal rejected
The House of Lords yesterday rejected the Department of Health's appeal against a High Court decision which ruled that making it harder for international doctors to be appointed is unlawful.
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Leader
BMA staff survey: excoriating verdict on out-of-touch union
It is not just the government that finds the British Medical Association out of touch and stuck in its ways.
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News
Did racism delay the SAS contract?
Staff and associate specialist doctors are often said to lack a voice. Could this explain why they were the last group to sign their new contract, or is institutional racism to blame, asks Daloni Carlisle
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News
Scottish GPs discuss industrial action
The NHS risks losing family doctors' goodwill, a Scottish GPs' leader has warned.
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Comment
Media Watch: nurses' paperwork
Research suggesting nurses are drowning in paperwork generated a deluge of angry comment. 'The managers who preside over this shambles have blood on their hands,' screamed the News of the World.
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News
GPs paid £20m for sickness and maternity cover
GP practices in England were paid more than £20m last year for locums to cover sickness and maternity leave in their practices, HSJ has learnt.
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News
BMA damned by its own staff in leaked survey
The British Medical Association has been labelled 'old-fashioned and change averse' by its own staff in a survey leaked to HSJ.
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News
Nurses vote to end private cleaning contracts
Nurses want hospital cleaning brought back into the NHS rather than contracted out to private firms, according to a poll of delegates at a Royal College of Nursing conference.
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HSJ Partners
Pay review results announced
NHS Employers has reached agreement with Unison, the Royal College of Nursing and the Department of Health on proposals for a three-year pay deal for staff on Agenda for Change pay bands.
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HSJ Partners
NHS staff survey results
The results of the 2007 NHS staff survey show that the NHS remains a good place to work and that employers have improved on key measures including job satisfaction, training and work-life balance.
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HSJ Knowledge
Putting staff at the centre of change
Disengagement is widespread among health service staff, but there are steps managers can take to improve the situation
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Comment
Ali Mohammed on staff empowerment
The other day I was asked the rather ambiguous question, 'How many inches have you got?' I was taken aback until I realised the question was about my TV.
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment checks: scanning your staff
Latest guidance on all the essential pre-employment checks will help ensure you bring safe and well-suited staff on board, says Sian Thomas
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News
Qualifications for managers
A company secretary qualification is offering expanded skills and career opportunities for managers. Scroll down for more information and case studies