All Workforce articles – Page 460
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Nottingham PCT chief starts Pfizer secondment-
Nottingham City primary care trust chief executive Samantha Milbank has joined Pfizer Health Solutions on secondment as head of business development.
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Michael White: change in the NHS
We were standing on the edge of my local swimming pool discussing the inevitability of change when a fellow wrinklie walked past, saying: 'Don't talk to me about change. I work for the NHS and whenever I hear that word I just switch off.'
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Warner rebuffs diversity slur on SHA chairs
Health minister Lord Warner has denied that the appointment of eight male chairs and only one woman to the new strategic health authorities is unrepresentative.
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Interim chair named for 'perilous' Yorkshire trust
An embattled Yorkshire trust has appointed an interim chair after its former chair was sacked and two directors resigned in December.
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Census reveals duplicate jobs
Thousands of NHS workers have been inaccurately recorded as having two jobs, the latest workforce census has revealed.
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Pressure group celebrates MTAS legal ruling
Pressure group Remedy UK is claiming a 'mild victory' following a judicial review into the medical training and application system.
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Laura Donnelly on primary care leaders
One argument is that new strategic health authority chief executives, keen to assert authority and be seen to do so, are indulging in an exercise otherwise known as 'don't think much of yours?'
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'The NHS is our gold card customer'
It might seem a bit rich to ask anyone who went through the latest NHS reorganisation to spare a thought for the Appointments Commission, but here goes.
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Carnall looks to establish the capital's long-term credentials
When Ruth Carnall took over as interim chief executive of NHS London in August 2006, she said she would manage it as though she were there for the long term.
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Media Watch: earnings cap
So ministers have 'blundered' again, according to London's Evening Standard. This time it is because they have failed to cap doctors' earnings.
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Media Watch: earnings cap
So ministers have 'blundered' again, according to London's Evening Standard. This time it is because they have failed to cap doctors' earnings.
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MPs join nurses' campaign for a fair pay deal
Pressure is mounting on the government to rethink its decision to stage this year's pay award for nurses, as hundreds of MPs join nurses in calling for the 2.5 per cent increase to be paid in full.
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Management skills call for trainee docs
Doctors should learn management as part of their undergraduate training, the British Association of Medical Managers and the British Medical Association has said.
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MPs call for PFI training
Staff who renegotiate the refinancing of private finance initiatives often 'lack commercial awareness' and must receive training, a Commons committee has found.
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It's the Richard list as IT boss tops survey
The man in charge of the review of the health service's IT systems is the highest-paid person in the NHS.
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Scottish MSP calls for mass clearout on senior board
The Scottish health minister has been asked to sack the entire senior management team of NHS Western Isles amid claims that it has descended into farce.
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BMA urges members to petition on slow PBC implementation
Primary care trusts that are not implementing practice-based commissioning can expect to receive a letter from GPs asking them to take action.
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Race commission blasts NHS organisations' 'lack of leadership'
The Commission for Racial Equality has accused NHS organisations of showing a 'lack of leadership' in promoting race equality.
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College calls for extra staff for home births
Trusts must recruit more midwives to meet the Department of Health's promise to let women choose a home birth by 2009, the Royal College of Midwives has warned.