All Workforce articles – Page 445

  • News

    Stressed middle managers want better-defined roles

    2007-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Middle managers feel anxious at work and are unclear what their employers expect of them, a joint HSJ/NHS Confederation survey has revealed.

  • News

    Wales to launch physiotherapy programme

    2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Chief medical officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell has announced a new drive to tackle Wales' most common chronic disease.

  • News

    Call to end racism in the NHS

    2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

    On World Mental Health Day, black and minority ethnic leaders have called for service reconfiguration and training to end racism in the NHS.Mental health charity Mind polled 49 stakeholders from the BME Network on the state of mental health services for BME communities today.

  • News

    Joint Medical Consultative Council appoints chairman

    2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

    The Joint Medical Consultative Council has appointed a new chairman.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Recruitment and Retention

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Judges described the winner as an impressive partnership between health and local government that addressed both long and short-term recruitment issues. They praised the focus not just on healthcare but on community benefits, providing real opportunities for staff development and progression

  • News

    Tooke reports on doctors' training

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Modernising Medical Careers does not provide doctors with enough broad experience by encouraging them to specialise early in their careers, according to an independent report on the system.The Tooke report says it does not allow for enough flexibility to meet the system's needs and calls for it to undergo fundamental ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Skills development

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Winner The DESMOND CollaborativeA self-management education programme for people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes was developed.The DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) Training and Quality Development (TQD) Programme is delivered by two trained health care professional educators to a group of patients over two ...

  • News

    wales violence

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly has set up a task force to tackle violence and aggression against NHS staff.Its remit is to improve information sharing, incident reporting and the way the service works with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.The taskforce, to include union representatives, will also look at what guidance ...

  • News

    Doctors' contract survey launched

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association has launched a survey to seek the opinions of staff grade and associate specialist doctors on new contract proposals.

  • News

    Leicester interim chief

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    An interim chief executive is to be paid£33,000 a month to run a hospital trust – thought to be one of the highest salaries the NHS has ever offered.Consultant Derek Smith, brought in at University Hospital of Leicester trust following the resignation of Peter Reading last month, is to be ...

  • Comment

    Hygiene: staff won't follow where they are not led

    2007-10-04T09:00:00Z

    After the years of media scrutiny, policy statements, regulations, inspections and public outcry - not to mention the avoidable deaths and illnesses - it is hard to comprehend why many acute trust boards are failing to make hygiene standards a priority.

  • News

    Report demands end to top-down direction and return of professional autonomy

    2007-10-04T09:00:00Z

    Clinicians want the government to let them get on with 'doing the right thing for the patient'.

  • News

    Dentists doing less complex work, figures show

    2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Dentists are carrying out less complex work since the introduction of the new contract in April last year.

  • News

    Clarification on professional executive committee pensions

    2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has written to primary care trusts to clarify pension arrangements for members of PCT professional executive committees.

  • News

    No comment on chief executive's departure

    2007-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Barking, Redbridge and Havering Hospitals trust has been asked by NHS London not to give any further information on its chief executive stepping down.

  • Comment

    Lisa Rodrigues on intoxicating publicity

    2007-10-02T00:00:00Z

    It was impossible to miss the publication of the Alastair Campbell diaries - the newspaper serialisation and TV programme meant people were talking about them everywhere. While some may have diagnosed a serious case of work-related stress, I just thought he showed great timing, and he got me thinking about ...

  • News

    BMA Scotland examines future of recruitment

    2007-10-02T00:00:00Z

    The views of Scotland's junior doctors on the way forward for recruitment to specialty training will be presented to the Scottish Parliament today.

  • News

    Fifth annual staff survey rolled out

    2007-10-02T00:00:00Z

    NHS employees are being encouraged to participate in the fifth annual staff survey.More than 250,000 NHS staff will be asked for feedback on their experiences at work and data will be collected from October to November.

  • News

    Chief executive confirmed for mental health trust

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Acting chief executive of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership trust Sandy Taylor has been confirmed in the role.

  • News

    Outgoing deputy CMO says overseas applications are NHS's biggest problem

    2007-09-27T09:00:00Z

    The outgoing deputy chief medical officer has called on ministers to make a quick decision on what to do about overseas doctors applying for training posts in 2008.