All Workforce articles – Page 439
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Employers submits pay review evidence
NHS Employers has submitted evidence for the 2008 pay round to the doctors' and dentists' review body and the NHS pay review body. We have recommended a pay uplift of up to 2 per cent, which would be affordable for organisations in light of other cost pressures and the need ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Agreement to modernise salaried dentists' contracts
NHS Employers has agreed to proposals to modernise salaried dentists' contracts with the British Dental Association. The joint proposals have been put to the Department of Health, which has given its authorisation.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managing sickness absence and ill-health retirement in the NHS
Despite the progress that has been made in tackling levels of sickness absence in the NHS over the past decade, more remains to be done, as Jeremy Orr explains
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News
Junior doctors' costs rise by 80 per cent
The cost of being a junior doctor has increased by 80 per cent over the last seven years, while salaries have increased by 20 per cent, according to the British Medical Association.
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News
Audit Commission report calls for clinical engagement
Better working relationships and communication between clinical and finance staff is vital for a more efficient NHS, according to an Audit Commission report.
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HSJ Knowledge
Ali Mohammed on the privilege of training
There is a world of difference between possessing knowledge and skills and the ability to teach it to others
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News
£1m to improve NHS end-of-life care
The King's Fund has announced a new phase of its scheme to improve hospital facilities for people approaching the end of their life.
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News
Scotland's overseas staff numbers unknown
A review of pre-employment checks which was carried out in the wake of alleged terrorist attacks has revealed that the NHS in Scotland does not know how many overseas staff it employs.
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News
Professor urges management skills for medics
Doctors need to be better equipped with managerial skills to help improve the financial health of the organisations they work in, a Harvard business professor has said.Harvard Business School senior lecturer in business administration Professor Richard Bohmer, who runs a masters course in business administration for trainee doctors, said they ...
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Comment
Jon Restell on unravelling the pay-off era
The NHS is more anxious to stop problems coming to light than solving them. Good, bad, indifferent - the system does not care about judging your actual performance
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News
Maidstone non-executive directors warn of 'scapegoating'
Three non-executive directors who resigned from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust are to write to non-executives around the country outlining their experience - and warning it could happen to others.
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News
Close pay gap between acute and PCT chiefs, say managers
The chief executive of Managers in Partnership has called on the government to explain why primary care trust managers are paid less than their acute trust peers.
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News
In-house turnaround team to cut NHS's £36m consultants' bill
The Department of Health is preparing to launch its own team of troubleshooters to assist NHS organisations facing clinical or financial problems.
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HSJ Knowledge
A personalised input into role redesign
Community support nurses have been adding their input to a role redesign exercise at South Birmingham primary care trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Coping with change in the health service - a guide for managers
The reality of life is not only that change is inevitable, but that the pace of change is increasing and will most likely continue to do so. Chris Howe explains what managers can do to keep their heads above water
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HSJ Knowledge
Staff engagement - advice for managers
What can health service managers do to ensure their staff are motivated and engaged? Greg Brown offers some pointers
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HSJ Knowledge
Keeping non-executive directors in the NHS game
Non-executive directors in the NHS are increasingly being recruited from business backgrounds. How do they cope with such a different environment, asks Alison Moore
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HSJ Knowledge
David Amos on HR reform in the health service
HR reform is sweeping public and private employers - 53 per cent of organisations have restructured their HR function in the past year, and 81 per cent have done so in the last five years
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Comment
David Peat on turning health policy into action
One of the eternal dilemmas for a chief executive is to translate the words of policy documents into meaningful action on the front line
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News
Karen Reissmann
A chief executive who sacked a trade unionist nurse has broken her silence after months of strike action.Sheila Foley, head ofManchestermental health and social care trust, has until now remained tight-lipped about the dismissal of senior nurse Karen Reissman, who says she lost her job for speaking out in her ...