Workforce – Page 468

  • News

    Apology after appointments code breach

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The NHS Appointments Commission breached the code of openness and transparency in its controversial appointment of a chair for NHS London.

  • News

    Lord Warner to limit GP pensions

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The government has moved to limit increases in GP pensions, claiming patient services could be at risk if it did not act.

  • News

    Current policy threatens supply of GPs

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The draft NHS pay and workforce strategy reveals that the Department of Health's current policies will create a shortage of 1,200 family doctor whole-time equivalent posts (WTE) in four years' time.

  • News

    'The NHS is our gold card customer'

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    It might seem a bit rich to ask anyone who went through the latest NHS reorganisation to spare a thought for the Appointments Commission, but here goes.

  • News

    Revealed: what makes doctors go bad

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Ninety per cent of badly performing doctors have a 'learning deficit', new research into their behaviour concludes.

  • News

    Resignation over list controversy

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    One member of staff has resigned and another has been disciplined at a Lincolnshire trust at the centre of waiting list irregularities.

  • News

    Lord Hunt back at DoH in ministerial shake-up

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Former junior health minister Lord Hunt has returned to the Department of Health as a minister of state.

  • Comment

    Media Watch: earnings cap

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    So ministers have 'blundered' again, according to London's Evening Standard. This time it is because they have failed to cap doctors' earnings.

  • News

    Alarm as diabetes jobs are slashed

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    More than a quarter of specialist diabetes nurses say trusts have cut posts and some nurses been made redundant, according to a survey.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Graduated delays

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Government plans to increase the number of primary care mental health workers delivering therapy services have yet to take off, reports Emma Dent

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Turnaround strategies and the law

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Many NHS bodies are developing turnaround plans to achieve financial recovery. The implementation of these raises complex legal issues, particularly on patient and public involvement and employment law. Graeme Trigg reports

  • Comment

    HSJ debate: So you want to be a director?

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    HSJ 'Managers make a difference' Campaign: Whether it's the art of fostering effective relationships with clinicians, non-executives and politicians or demonstrating empathy with staff, what does the next generation of high-quality managers need? HSJ brought together six chief executives to provide some answers

  • Comment

    A different kind of day at the office

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The HSJChallenge offers managers the opportunity to escape their day jobs and pit their wits against their peers in a in a multi-agency health economy with more than its fair share of problems. The good news is that it's not for real. ...

  • News

    Michael white on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Don?t think, Mr or Ms Finance Director, that you can force Ms Hewitt out by hiring some extra doctors or buying a fleet of scanners'

  • Comment

    Noel Pumridge on workforce planning

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Or, in simple terms, why should the NHS pay a nurse in Workington almost as much as a nurse in Wimbledon? She'll only fritter it away anyway.

  • Comment

    How doctors learned to stop worrying and love data

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The NHS has never lacked information, but, says Dr Foster Intelligence's Tim Kelsey, only now are managers and clinicians harnessing its power to change services. Public access is the next big challenge

  • HSJ Knowledge

    The Fall Guys: staff safety is a major concern

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Violence against NHS staff is still at unacceptable levels, with incidents often unreported and perpetrators uncharged. Emma Dent reports

  • News

    Protestors slam IPPR reconfiguration report

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    An umbrella group of health workers, unions and patients opposed to privatisation and closure plans have rubbished Institute for Public Policy Research reconfiguration claims.

  • Comment

    Michael White: junior doctors

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Hewitt would have watched footage of Cameron being cheered by a throng of angry junior doctors with some alarm'