Workforce – Page 447
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Union warns over offensive email activity
NHS organisations need policies in place to deal with staff accessing offensive material on work computers, NHS Employers has said.
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Only one in 20 ambulance managers is from minority
Ambulance trusts have emerged as having the lowest proportion of ethnic minority managers of any NHS sector in England, figures obtained by HSJ reveal.
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Outcry forces former C diff chief to resign
Ruth Harrison, the former chief executive of C difficile-hit Stoke Mandeville Hospital, has stepped down from an NHS consultancy post in the wake of public outcry.
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NHS pyramid scheme remains unchanged
This week's report by HSJ shows that progress on driving up the lamentable levels of black and minority ethnic representation in NHS management ranks has stalled.
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Surgeons are safe
I am extremely disappointed that HSJ chose to print the accusation regarding patient safety and the certification of doctors for the specialist register, writes Paul Streets
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Occupational health doctors get people back to work
The British Medical Association is right to say that GPs alone cannot reduce employee absence due to ill health (news, page 8, 21 February). Occupational health doctors are specialists trained to work with employees and employers, to rehabilitate people back into work, writes Gordon Parker
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Diabetes nurses could save £100m, study claims
Specialist diabetes nurses could save the NHS £100m by reducing the number of people admitted to hospital, a new study claims.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to upskill your workforce
Upskilling the existing healthcare workforce is a way to improve services and enhance career progression, writes Tess Green
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HSJ Knowledge
Looking for the latest leaders for change
Applications for round six of the Health Foundation's Leaders for Change programme are open.
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HSJ Knowledge
Building organisational trust in the health service
Even the best managers might find that their staff's sense of trust is dictated by factors outside their control, says Blair McPherson
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A third of nurses face violence at work, study shows
Research showing UK nurses suffer some of the worst violence in Europe is shocking and shameful, public services union Unison has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS chaplaincy: a spirited row
Chaplaincy is making its case to become a commissioned NHS service. Daloni Carlisle reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Why are there so few BME managers?
With the vast majority of senior NHS managers classed as white, why are there still so few from black and minority ethnic backgrounds? Charlotte Santry reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Jenny Rogers on embarrassing emails
About 25 years ago on a management development course I was taken to visit Hewlett Packard.
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Unison calls for more cleaners
Trade union Unison has called for a recruitment drive for NHS cleaners to raise hospital cleaning standards.
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Confed responds to NAO report
Commenting on yesterday's NAO report on the GP contract, NHS Confederation primary care trust network director David Stout said: 'The work of PCTs in world class commissioning recognises the need to make better use of contractual levers to improve the commissioning of general practice and develop a range of skills ...
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Johnson gives feedback on MMC inquiry
Health secretary Alan Johnson has responded to the independent inquiry into Modernising Medical Careers led by Professor Sir John Tooke.
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Leaked memo reveals national locum shortage
Leaked Department of Health documents have revealed a national shortage of locum hospital doctors, with some trusts reporting they are 'lucky if applicants attend for interview'. HSJ first highlighted the issue last year and as recently as 14 February the DH was insisting there is no evidence of a widespread ...
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Simon Stevens on local pay and national prices
When doctors everywhere are being urged to become more evidence based in their clinical practice, a standard retort is that health policy makers should do the same.
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Department plays down medic supply fears
The Department of Health has tried to dampen fears that the NHS faces a drop in the supply of European labour, which experts say could lead to doctor shortages.