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SupplementsQuality of care special report – Putting the past into the present
Learning about key episodes from the history they have lived through is just one way of truly empathising with dementia sufferers, as Claire Read explains
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NewsSurvey suggests staff concern about quality and pressure
A survey suggests healthcare workers are concerned their organisation could have similar problems to those seen at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, and worries about pressure and bullying.
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BlogsCareer advice: be opinionated, abrasive and intolerant
Seven tips for reaching the top of the tree in your profession
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NewsRoyal college to say hospital reconfiguration is 'inevitable'
Reconfiguration of hospital services is “inevitable” if better standards of hospital care are to be achieved, a major Royal College of Physicians report is expected to say.
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Leadership is about taking responsibility
Leadership isn’t just about grand visions and great strategies or inspiring staff. Often leadership is simply about taking responsibility.
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NewsExclusive: College plans back to work scheme to ease GP shortage
The Royal College of GPs is proposing to set up a back to work scheme to create a “short term surge” in GP numbers and help fill what it says is an urgent shortage.
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Foreign doctors could be tested under new rules
New rules could see doctors arriving from the continent made to prove their English language skills are up to scratch.
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NewsWarning over short term contracts
The government has issued a warning to hospital trusts that use short-term contracts to avoid paying tax.
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NewsNMC to vote on proposals for nurse revalidation
Nurses and midwives may have to collect positive feedback from patients and colleagues every three years in order to remain on the register, under proposals for the revalidation of the profession.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhen change must be fast as well as furious
How one chief executive transformed his new FT
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NewsOne in seven of staff made redundant win back jobs
More than one in seven NHS workers made redundant since May 2010 have been re-employed in the service, parliamentary figures show.
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NewsRCP pledges action on Francis and backs new criminal offences
The head of the Royal College of Physicians has told HSJ it backs the idea of new criminal offences for the abuse and neglect of NHS patients.
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HSJ KnowledgeTwelve steps to safer whistleblowing
Organisations that engage staff provide the best care
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NewsSchools demand scrapping of restrictions on graduate doctors
Medical schools have called for the lifting of 60-year-old restrictions on the activities of newly qualified doctors, raising concerns of an impact on patient safety, HSJ has discovered.
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NHS 'gets 3,000 complaints a week'
The NHS in England receives more than 3,000 complaints a week, according to official data.
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NewsUK's first private medical school announced
The UK’s first private medical school is about to be launched.
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NewsAmbulance staff ballot warning
Union leaders have warned of the threat of industrial action among ambulance workers in a row over sick pay.
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CommentLet's unlock the potential of NHS clinical leaders
New research sheds light on the role and attitudes of frontline clinical-managers
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NewsPrivate hospital groups face selling off sites
Private healthcare groups face having to sell off sites after the competition watchdog found 101 private hospitals across the UK have little local competition.