All Workforce articles – Page 442

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    NHS Employers' vision for doctors

    2007-11-06T09:00:00Z

    NHS Employers has outlined its vision on the training, responsibilities, working environment, career development and job prospects of doctors of the future.

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    Team-building techniques - going beyond the comfort zone

    2007-11-06T09:00:00Z

    Innovative training techniques are helping healthcare staff from the North West become managers the NHS can be proud of. Nikki Wilcock reports

  • News

    Pay rise should be 4.3 per cent, say doctors' leaders

    2007-11-06T00:00:00Z

    The annual pay increase for doctors in 2008 should be 3.6-4.3 per cent, the British Medical Association has said.

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    Workforce planning: a menu of skills

    2007-11-05T09:00:00Z

    The failure to plan the staffing needs of the NHS adequately has prompted the creation of a menu of training and resources to boost workers' skills

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    Jenny Rogers on getting feedback from friends

    2007-11-05T09:00:00Z

    A leader without a critical friend to tell them where they are going wrong is exposed, often without knowing it

  • News

    'I love the NHS' event draws 7,000 marchers

    2007-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Around 7,000 people are thought to have attended an 'I love the NHS' march in central London this weekend.

  • News

    Modernising nursing careers consultation launched

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Nurses and health practitioners have been invited by health secretary Alan Johnson to share their views on their career development.Speaking at the annual Chief Nursing Officer's Conference yesterday, Mr Johnson launched a formal consultation to look at a new structure for nurses' careers.

  • News

    Pay award should not exceed 2 per cent, says NHS Employers

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    NHS Employers has advised the pay review bodies that next year's pay award for doctors, dentists and other healthcare staff should not place undue cost pressures on NHS trusts.

  • Comment

    Michael White on nursing standards

    2007-11-01T09:00:00Z

    I didn't know whether to laugh or make plans to flee the country when I read weekend front-page headlines such as 'Nurses to have the power to end a life'

  • News

    London will groom NHS leaders of the future

    2007-11-01T09:00:00Z

    The capital's strategic health authority is setting up a talent-spotting programme to groom would-be chief executives.

  • News

    Let medics take top jobs, 'cliquey' managers told

    2007-11-01T09:00:00Z

    Managers need to be less 'cliquey' if they are to attract clinicians to the top roles, the president of the Royal College of Physicians has warned.

  • Comment

    Simon Stevens on choice and midwifery

    2007-11-01T09:00:00Z

    We could be getting a lot more out of our midwifery services if they were organised differently

  • News

    Doctors' training programme facing shortfall of places

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A shortage of places on the foundation training programme for newly qualified doctors could leave some doctors unemployed, according to the British Medical Association.

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    Skills for Health demonstration sites

    2007-10-31T09:00:00Z

    There is a lot to be said for sharing best practice, learning from others and having an opportunity to give feedback directly to those who can make improvements. That is why Skills for Health and the Department of Health have developed six national demonstrator sites to show how workforce tools ...

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    A day in the life of a therapy assistant

    2007-10-31T09:00:00Z

    At Whittington Hospital trust in London, a Skills for Health demonstrator site has been set up to design a new therapy assistant role at assistant practitioner level.

  • News

    Pay rises falling behind inflation

    2007-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Pay for NHS staff such as nurses, cooks, cleaners and physiotherapists must exceed retail inflation next year if the threat of a mass retention crisis is to be contained, health unions have warned.

  • News

    GP earnings rise 10 per cent

    2007-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The average GP contracted to work for the NHS earned net profits of £110,000 in 2005-06, up 10 per cent on the previous year, figures from the Information Centre for health and social care have shown.The figures also showed that GPs invested less of their gross earnings back into their ...

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    Lean thinking: what does it take?

    2007-10-30T09:00:00Z

    Lean thinking and six sigma have a long history in GE Healthcare and this experience is helping develop future leaders and drive change in NHS trusts.

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    People management: the fear factor

    2007-10-30T09:00:00Z

    The NHS has sometimes been accused of operating a macho management culture. Is performance-driven, target-obsessed government policy to blame, or do leaders just lack people management skills, asks Blair McPherson

  • Comment

    Some HR managers need to brush up on the law

    2007-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the article 'Thousands of doctors may be working illegally', I am not surprised the human resources manager quoted asked not to be named, as in my opinion remedial training in employment law basics would certainly be indicated for this individual, with particular reference to laws passed since 1996, says ...