All Workforce articles – Page 286
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Comment
Ali Parsa on creating value
How could a group of people who have never built anything before win so much?
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Blogs
Stampede for the exit
I am one of those people who says “I told you so”. The NHS Commissioning board has identified that it is struggling to find suitable people to fill its senior vacancies and there is a risk of posts remaining vacant.The NHS reforms have so far cut 18,000 senior posts. The ...
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News
New Monitor board structure unveiled
Foundation trust regulator Monitor has announced a restructure of its executive team in preparation for its new responsibilities as a regulator for the entire healthcare sector.
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News
Number of nurses falls again
Numbers of nurses working in the NHS fell again in June, according to the latest workforce statistics.
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News
111 redundancy cost fears mount
NHS Direct has warned it could face unnecessary redundancy costs if new NHS 111 providers refuse to follow Department of Health orders to protect staff terms and conditions.
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News
Lib Dems vote against local pay
The Liberal Democrats have voted overwhelmingly to adopt a policy opposing local pay in the public sector, in a move expected to put new pressure on employers considering breaking away from national deals.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs worker suspended over patient assault claim
WORKFORCE: A healthcare worker from Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been suspended amid allegations they assaulted a patient at Stafford Hospital.
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News
NHS Commissioning Board admits recruitment diversity problem
The NHS Commissioning Board has admitted problems recruiting a diverse workforce, and said it will try to ensure the trend stops.
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News
Business services quango set to employ 8,000 commissioning staff
The 8,000-strong commissioning support workforce is set to be employed by the NHS Business Services Authority, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Knowledge
The importance of reflective practices
A whole systems approach to developing reflective practice across healthcare organisations
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Comment
Lighten the checklist load
How changes to criminal record checks will affect the healthcare profession
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News
Unions issue ultimatum over ‘pay cartel’
Unions have threatened to walk away from national talks on changes to pay and terms and conditions unless employers stop the South West “pay cartel”.
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Supplements
As easy as ABC?: a special report on organisational change
This special report on organisational change looks at the deep scepticism of the health service’s ability to handle change in accordance with an exclusive HSJ survey and how large-scale transformation is a complicated combination of science and art
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News
Commissioning board to 'lift and shift' staff
The NHS Commissioning Board is likely to delay some management cuts until 2013-14 and take on interim staff under emergency measures sparked by delays in the transition to new NHS structures.
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News
Analysis reveals 12pc drop in nurse training places
Nurse training places have been cut by more than 2,500 in three years, an investigation has revealed, sparking one expert to warn of a “national disaster” in care.
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News
Doctors working at smaller trusts attract more complaints
Smaller hospital trusts have higher number of complaints per doctor than larger organisations, a new analysis of data from the General Medical Council has revealed.
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Supplements
Doctors' orders: a special report on revalidation
This special report on revalidation looks at why revalidation is a key plank in efforts to build quality, how its usefulness can be established, and how it can help doctors to be better leaders
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News
Dame Jo apologises for personal comments
Care Quality Commission chair Dame Jo Williams has apologised for sharing personal information about the alleged mental health of a board colleague during her evidence to the health select committee yesterday.
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News
Rise in number of hospital admissions for stress
The number of people admitted to hospital as a result of stress is on the rise, figures show.