All Workforce articles – Page 428
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News
Ruling against 'sexist' bonus
Thousands of female NHS staff will be able to lodge claims for extra pay following a Court of Appeal ruling.
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News
No prosecutions over Maidstone deaths
No-one will face prosecution over the deaths of 90 patients from C difficile at a Kent trust, it was announced today.Kent police and the Health and Safety Executive said they would take no further action after a review prompted by the critical Healthcare Commission report into Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells ...
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Hospital malnutrition doubles in two years
The number of serious incidents related to poor nutritional care of hospital patients has almost doubled, figures show.
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Appeal court ruling on discriminatory pay
Trusts may be forced to compensate thousands of female workers who missed out on pay protection schemes awarded to their male colleagues.
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HSJ Knowledge
No success for successors in equal pay claims
A ruling that a woman's successor, in the same job, was a valid comparator for an equal pay claim has been overturned. Rachel Heenan and Daniella McGuigan explain the implications
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HSJ Knowledge
Managing sickness absence: case study
Following a rise in sickness absences among its staff, Wolverhampton City PCT formed a research team to investigate. Kuljit Heer explains what the team found out
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HSJ Partners
Nurses' pay increases by 4.2 per cent
Qualified nurses' estimated basic pay increased to £27,000, according to the NHS Information Centre, which published its latest estimates of NHS staff earnings on 26 July.
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment: tipped for the top
A tailored assessment toolkit is helping one trust assess leadership qualities, especially when making senior appointments. Madeleine Owen reports
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on the pursuit of happiness
A crazily affluent friend takes delivery of a Burberry handbag for which there has allegedly been a three-month waiting list. The price is roughly the same as the average British worker's monthly salary.
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Trainee doctors more satisfied with training, survey shows
Trainee doctors are more satisfied with their training than they were a year ago, a survey by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board has revealed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Andrea Sutcliffe on non-executives' time commitments
One of the most enjoyable parts of my job at the Appointments Commission is attending the induction courses we hold for new non-executive directors. I am always impressed by the quality and experience of the people I meet and by their enthusiasm and commitment.
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Leader
Mental health training shortage hits progress on safety
The Healthcare Commission's investigation into mental health inpatient services paints a troubling picture.
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Comment
Media Watch: bonus scheme for surgeons
'It's a stitch-up,' shouted the Daily Star, one of many to report on plans for a pilot bonus scheme for surgeons at Imperial College London Healthcare trust.
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A shot in the arm for community health services
The government is promoting the social enterprise model of service provision, but there are other options available to primary care trusts. Ingrid Torjesen offers an overview
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Nurses lack knowledge of cardiovascular disease, survey shows
Many primary care nurses have not even had basic training in cardiovascular disease, even though more people in the UK die from strokes and heart attacks than anything else, surveys have found.
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Scottish health sector investigations
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman laid 23 investigation reports before Scottish Parliament today, including 17 about the health sector.
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Doctors to be revalidated every five years
Final plans for conducting regular checks on doctors to improve patient safety were unveiled today by chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson.
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Health secretary targets obesity
Health secretary Alan Johnson will tonight call for a national movement to tackle obesity in a speech on public health to the Fabian Society.Mr Johnson will outline the public health implications of the obesity epidemic and argue that the strategy to combat obesity will only succeed if every part of ...
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Mental health volunteering in Sri Lanka
Katherine Allen, senior mental health promotion officer at Rethink and former VSO volunteer, talks about the challenges facing mental health professionals in Sri Lanka and how British volunteers can help
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HSJ Partners
Improving English language skills in the NHS
Ensuring that all NHS workers have a good grasp of written and spoken English is an essential part of the patient safety drive, as Rosemarie Simpson explains