All Workforce articles – Page 427
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£700k pay-off report kept under wraps
An auditors' report on the controversial pay-off of a trust chief executive and the employment of an interim replacement at more than twice his salary will not be made public until July.
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Unions criticise NHS pay deal
Eight unions representing health sector workers have joined forces to criticise the multi-year pay offer for NHS staff announced this week.
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Staff survey points to poor communication
The views of thousands of NHS employees have been published in the Healthcare Commission's fifth annual staff survey.The survey reveals that, while staff are generally satisfied in their jobs, communication with senior management is often seen as poor.
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New contract for staff and associate specialist doctors
Proposals for new contracts for staff and associate specialist doctors have been accepted.
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Agenda for Change pay award agreed
The Department of Health, NHS Employers, Unison and the Royal College of Nursing have agreed on a proposed three-year pay package for all NHS Agenda for Change staff.The proposal includes acceptance in full of the 2008-09 NHS pay review body's recommendations for a 2.75 per cent pay rise for nurses ...
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Global health partnerships: from preparation to practice
Patricia Sloan shares more of her experiences as a health management volunteer in Cambodia
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HSJ Partners
New provider incentives report available
The Health Foundation has published a new report entitled Financial Incentives, Healthcare Providers and Quality Improvements.
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HSJ Knowledge
Appointing a new chief executive
Involving staff in the appointment process can help to ease the transition to a new chief executive, explain Sally Hodges and Susan Thomas
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Jenny Rogers on succession planning
Most chief executives would apparently rather chew on spiders than groom a successor.
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HSJ Knowledge
Do GPs with special interests have a future in the NHS?
GPs with special interests fear being elbowed out as more care moves into primary settings, writes Daloni Carlisle
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How primary care grew up
In our latest feature marking 60 years of the NHS, Ingrid Torjesen charts the general practitioner's rise from poor relation to commissioner
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DH appoints new transplant czar
The Department of Health has appointed Chris Rudge as the new clinical director for transplant.
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DH to host talks on Modernising Medical Careers
The Department of Health has written a letter about opportunities for doctors to attend discussions on Modernising Medical Careers.
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Enhanced protection for medical staff
Enhanced protections for NHS staff in Scotland will come into force this week.
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Unions agree plans for managing sickness absence
A new set of arrangements to help manage sickness absence and ill-health retirement in the NHS have been agreed by NHS Employers and NHS trade unions.
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HSJ Knowledge
Making workforce development work
Problems with workforce planning in the NHS can be overcome, as one initiative has shown. Kevin Elliston explains
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Putting drug and alcohol national occupational standards into practice
Many workers - not just professionals in the substance misuse field - come into contact with people with drug problems. Whether they are hospital receptionists, youth workers or community support officers, they need the right skills and knowledge to carry out their work.
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Training for the third age: responding to the needs of an ageing workforce
As the country's workforce ages, employers and employees must dispense with the notion that some members of staff are too old for training and development
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Junior doctors on understaffed rotas, says BMA
Three in 10 junior doctors are working on understaffed rotas, according to a survey by the British Medical Association.
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Do new patterns of learning produce employable graduates?
Employers of allied health professionals welcome applicants from flexible training routes, say Rupert Kerrell and colleagues