All Workforce articles – Page 371
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NewsNHS boards react to Gordon Brown’s salary shame threat
Forcing organisations to publicly justify the salary of every manager earning more than £150,000 would damage the NHS, boards have warned.
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NewsBoth regulators leaderless as Monitor fails to appoint chair
Attempts to find a successor for Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes have stalled, leaving both major NHS regulators without a permanent chair.
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NewsThree trusts given equality compliance notices
Three trusts face legal action for breaching the Race Relations Act unless they take prompt steps to address racial inequality, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned.
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NewsAmbulance trust to put bonuses for top team on hold
The chief executive of an ambulance trust has pledged there will be no bonuses for its top team after it was given just two weeks to make substantial improvements to cleanliness and infection control by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to get the best staff in acute trusts
Have you registered your organisation for the 2010 Healthcare 100? HSJ and Nursing Times have come together with NHS Employers and the Department of Health to identify the top healthcare providers to work for in the UK. Helen Mooney looks at one of last year’s winners
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NewsPCTs left to vaccinate under fives against swine flu after GPs reject deal
Primary care trusts have been landed with responsibility for vaccinating all children aged between six months and five years against swine flu, after a deal could not be reached with GP leaders.
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NewsGordon Brown moves to curb public sector pay
Moves to curb a “culture of excess” in public sector pay have been unveiled by Gordon Brown as part of a bid to slash £12bn from spending over the next four years.
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NewsCall to cut a million public sector jobs
A million public sector jobs, including frontline roles in the NHS and the police, must be axed if the government is to cut its deficit, a think tank has said today.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS managers on a mission in Sandhurst manoeuvres
The foundation trust regulator asked Sandhurst Academy to give managers an insight into the military ‘chain of understanding’. Helen Mooney reports for duty
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HSJ Knowledge
Representation in disciplinary hearings
The Court of Appeal has ruled that doctors and dentists employed by NHS bodies in England are entitled to legal representation at disciplinary hearings. The court says the right also extends to representation in capability and ill-health proceedings.
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NewsHospital criticised ahead of Baby P report
Baby Peter could have been saved if managers at a hospital where he was treated had listened to fears raised by senior doctors more than a year before the toddler’s death, a consultant paediatrician has claimed.
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CommentHow to develop professional networks
Many who feel their career or performance is faltering are sometimes wary of networking. For the more introverted, networking is daunting. For others it conjures up images of currying favour along corridors of power for personal gain and so is unacceptable.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to defeat procrastination at work
Putting things off is a bad habit - and fundamental to breaking it are recognising the stages of how we act on problems and working out what’s stopping progress
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NewsHSJ exclusive: Barbara Young quits Care Quality Commission
Baroness Barbara Young has quit her position as Care Quality Commission chair, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUniversity Hospitals of Leicester names new finance chief
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed Andrew Seddon as its new finance director.
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NewsParamedic union anger at stab vest move
A paramedics’ union has accused NHS ambulance service bosses of being “in denial” over the level of danger crews face on the job after one service in Essex decided to phase out the use of stab vests.
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HSJ KnowledgeDo you have the traits of a trailblazer?
Productivity, optimism and innovation are all qualities that will fire up your teams to overcome obstacles. How do you measure up, asks Georgia McHardy
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NewsBMA calls for an end to 'slash and burn' policies
The British Medical Association has launched its general election “manifesto”, which says political parties must not adopt a “slash and burn” approach to NHS finances and services.
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NewsJohn Lewis checked out in NHS productivity drive
Politicians of all hues are talking about public services being owned by staff - like John Lewis - to increase productivity. Alison Moore examines how this might work and, where staff cannot hold shares, whether just a sense of ownership is enough
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NewsReport examines value of public sector pensions
Public sector pensions, including those in the NHS, are more generous than similar private sector schemes, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.