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Managing director resigns as NHS Direct losing more than £1m a month
NHS Direct is losing £1.5m a month and is likely to exit the NHS 111 market by the end of the year. The director charged with leading its 111 work has resigned following disciplinary action being initiated, HSJ understands.
Hundreds of jobs to go at Walsall
WORKFORCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has announced plans to shed nearly 300 full-time equivalent posts over the next five years.
Analysed: Poor performers on medical training satisfaction
An analysis of the General Medical Council’s annual junior doctor training survey by HSJ has identified the trusts with the poorest satisfaction rates among trainee medics.
Analysed: The CQC and A&E at Queen's Hospital
In-depth analysis of A&E services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
Report: NHS to face chronic nurse shortage by 2016
A government-backed workforce agency has predicted the NHS is likely to have 47,500 fewer nurses than it needs by 2016.
Revealed: the 100-fold variation in CCG workforce size
There is a more than a 100-fold variation in the numbers of people employed by clinical commissioning groups, HSJ research has found. The revelation has prompted concern over the viability of smaller CCGs
Thousands of junior doctors raise safety concerns
One in 20 junior doctors working in hospitals are concerned about patient safety, according to the General Medical Council’s annual training survey.
Doctors 'can opt out' of tables
Doctors will be given the opportunity to opt out of new league tables assessing their performance, it has emerged.
Nicholson rejects gagging order allegations
Sir David Nicholson has insisted he “absolutely refutes” allegations he has been complicit in a “cover up” about the use of gagging orders in the NHS.
Hospital to publish ratings of consultants
Patients at a hospital will now be able to see how well their doctor is performing thanks to published ratings of consultants.
EXCLUSIVE: Low paid staff offered route to top clinical jobs
Thousands of lower-paid NHS support staff could be given a path into top clinical jobs after Health Education England revealed plans to redirect part of the service’s training budget
GP workload 'doubled in a decade', Gerada tells MPs
Family doctors are fully booked for same-day appointments as soon as they open because of rising demand, the head of the GPs’ professional body has warned.
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GMC raises concerns over junior doctor training in London
WORKFORCE: A review of medical education and training for junior doctors in London has raised concerns over the quality of supervision at some hospitals, and in one instance uncovered the use of operating theatres for intensive care.
BME applicants 'less likely to win NHS jobs'
Black and minority ethnic applicants are discriminated against in NHS recruitment processes, the author of a new report has claimed.
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Exclusive: Last minute reduction to expected education budgets
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2012-13 biggest year yet for NHS in-house consultancy
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HR Directors Barometer: Workforce chiefs seek further cuts to pay, terms and conditions
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Trusts plan cuts to clinical posts, survey finds
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NHS staff morale holds up despite pressures, say HR directors
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HR Directors Barometer: Respondents' comments
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Emergency medicine taskforce established under health education 'mandate'
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Government plans 'talking' pilot to improve NHS culture
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Minister 'nervous' about criminal sanctions on individuals
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Nursing leaders say they will act in response to Francis
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Exclusive: Mass board resignations at ex-NHS social enterprise
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Troubled Rotherham FT plans £5m 'corporate' savings
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Improved weekend patient care in East Kent
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New chief operating officer for Leicester hospitals
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Trusts ease pay savings in Francis aftermath, analysis shows
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Hundreds of NHS directors to be taught 'compassion'
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Junior doctors 'unaware' on reforms
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Young medics' working lives 'bleak'
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Commissioning reforms redundancy count exceeds 10,000
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