All Workforce articles – Page 292
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NewsNurses 'warned children about Savile'
Nurses advised young patients to “pretend to be asleep” when Sir Jimmy Savile was visiting their hospital, it has been claimed.
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News
In full: CCG leader names
Information is from Health Service Journal research in September and October 2012. Although the majority of clinical commissioning groups have now decided their chairs and accountable officers, in some cases they may still change. HSJ intends to publish updated lists in future.
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NewsBig drop in GPs lined up for CCG leader roles
Less than a quarter of the clinical commissioning groups created under the government’s NHS reforms will have GPs as their accountable officers, an HSJ investigation has found.
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CommentThere is a Plan B after all
Public sector employment could be part of the solution to our economic woes, argues Noel Plumridge
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HSJ Local
Poole and Royal Bournemouth appoint joint IT director
WORKFORCE: John Gill has been appointed joint director of IT at Poole Hospital Foundation Trust and Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Foundation Trust, as the two trusts continue to work towards merging.
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NewsUnions push back against pay freeze calls
Health unions will push back against calls for a continued pay freeze in the NHS by warning that a third of health service employees have seriously considered leaving their jobs in the past year.
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NewsTrust plans to dismiss and re-hire 5,500 staff to cut sick pay
A north eastern foundation trust has revealed plans to dismiss and re-hire 5,542 staff to make savings on its sick pay bill, in a move believed to be unprecedented in its scale.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow flexible working saves trust £1.5m
We look at how flexible working saves one Essex foundation trust £1.5m
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NewsBMA calls for review of whistleblowing laws
The head of the British Medical Association has told HSJ he will push for a review of whistleblowing legislation.
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Blogs
Culture is as intangible as the air we breathe
Senior managers are fond of saying we need to change the culture of the organisation.They are saying it now in response to the introduction of commissioning and greater use of the private sector in the NHS. It has been repeatedly stated in local authorities as part of efficiency initiatives and ...
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NewsPublic sector tax arrangements under fire
MPs have criticised the tax arrangements of some public sector workers.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to put a price on pay
Pay reforms need to be designed so that they save money while incentivising staff
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News
BMA elects new consultant chair
The British Medical Association has announced Paul Flynn, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Swansea, has been elected as new chair of its consultants committee
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NewsWard rounds being neglected - RCP/RCN
Short term gains from reducing ward rounds are outweighed by the improvements they bring to patient safety and timely discharge, according to clinical leaders.
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NewsEmergency medicine in 'crisis'
The Department of Health is to seek reassurances on medical staffing levels in emergency departments amid claims the specialty is in a recruitment and retention “crisis”.
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News
Trust bosses call for pay deal changes
HSJ’s disclosure of NHS Employers’ move to extend the pay freeze coincided with a warning from the acute sector that existing pay agreements were unsustainable.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS Employers backs pay freeze
Patient care will suffer unless the NHS pay freeze is extended into a third year, the body representing all major NHS employers is to warn.
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NewsCommissioning board to thank staff for work in 'difficult' times
The NHS Commissioning Board has resolved to write to its staff to thank them for their efforts in “extremely difficult” circumstances.
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CommentWe need a big conversation about workforce
What should the party conferences be discussing about the NHS?
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HSJ Local
North East NHS Direct staff get pay protection
WORKFORCE: Commissioners have agreed to fund pay protection for NHS Direct staff in the north east following a long running row over pay, terms and conditions.