All Workforce articles – Page 432
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Half of mental health nurses assaulted, audit reveals
More than half of nurses on mental health wards have been physically assaulted at work, according to an audit of violence in mental health services published today.The audit - the second national assessment of its kind - covered more than 200 NHS and independent mental health units and was carried ...
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Review of unsocial hours payments
The NHS Staff Council is recommending its proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments to the Department of Health.
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Review of unsocial hours payments
The NHS Staff Council is recommending its proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments to the Department of Health.
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Equal pay claims
Employers should already be aware that all equal pay claims involving a legal challenge to Agenda for Change have been stayed by order of the Tribunals. This order, however, applies only to the part of the claim involving the challenge to Agenda for Change. Employers should consult with their lawyers ...
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Equal pay claims
Employers should already be aware that all equal pay claims involving a legal challenge to Agenda for Change have been stayed by order of the Tribunals. This order, however, applies only to the part of the claim involving the challenge to Agenda for Change. Employers should consult with their lawyers ...
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Allied health professionals and the 18-week target
Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.
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Allied health professionals and the 18-week target
Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.
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Pension changes save employers £430m a year
Pension scheme changes that were agreed between NHS Employers and NHS trade unions will save employers £430m a year, according to a government actuary report published in December.
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Making the most of human resources in the health sector
NHS managers can add value to their organisations by recognising that human resources teams are integral to corporate success, not peripheral, writes Greg Brown
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Making the most of human resources in the health sector
NHS managers can add value to their organisations by recognising that human resources teams are integral to corporate success, not peripheral, writes Greg Brown
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Are we all knowledge workers now?
I can remember first coming across the term 'knowledge worker' about 10 years ago at a conference and assumed it was the latest management buzzphrase imported from a consultancy or Ivy League professor.
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Are we all knowledge workers now?
I can remember first coming across the term 'knowledge worker' about 10 years ago at a conference and assumed it was the latest management buzzphrase imported from a consultancy or Ivy League professor.
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NHS team wins Investors in Children accreditation
Staff at Hart Lodge, part of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust, have become the first NHS child learning disability team to gain Investors in Children accreditation.
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NHS team wins Investors in Children accreditation
Staff at Hart Lodge, part of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust, have become the first NHS child learning disability team to gain Investors in Children accreditation.
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Engaging clinicians in NHS leadership
John Clark and colleagues report on a project that aims to break down bunker-like regimes and involve medical staff in trust leadership
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David Amos on the principles of equality
Equality and diversity should be at the heart of workforce planning
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CMI
A new report suggests that organisations in the health sector have a misplaced confidence about their ability to cope with uncertainty and change.The survey, carried out by the Chartered Management Institute, shows that, of the top concerns raised, only 51 per cent of organisations in the health sector believe that ...
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QNI
Staff in the NHS might be expected to be better at looking after their own health than most people. They have health promotion information to hand, they either are, or work closely with, clinicians, and they are usually provided with excellent occupational health services. Perhaps equally important, they are regularly ...
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Migrant medical training applications curtailed
Temporary changes to immigration rules will reduce the potential pool of migrants applying to UK postgraduate medical training from 5,000 to 3,000 in 2009, the Department of Health has said.
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DH appoints interim information chief
The Department of Health has appointed Matthew Swindells as interim chief information officer, replacing Richard Granger who left the department last week.