All Health Service Journal articles in 19 June 2008 – Page 3

  • News

    More foundation trust applications turned down first time: Monitor

    2008-06-17T11:45:33Z

    An increasing number of applications for foundation trust status are being turned down first time round because they are not up to scratch, it has emerged.Foundation trust regulator Monitor said it was unhappy at a drop in the number of applications being passed at the first attempt from 65 per ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Sector qualifications strategy

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    Action plans for each UK country are building up the formal recognition for people seeking to enhance their work prospects, and this includes the rebirth of apprenticeships

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Labour market research

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    As the rapidly changing face of healthcare provision presents new challenges for workforce planners, Skills for Health has created labour market intelligence manuals, constantly updated online

  • HSJ Knowledge

    New roles in the health sector

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    A series of projects under the Skills for Health banner is developing new roles to support the ever-changing health service

  • Comment

    A local perspective on Darzi

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    As the final report on Lord Darzi's next stage review draws close, Cynthia Bower examines how Skills for Health is already helping to drive change at a local level

  • Comment

    Local change challenge

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    The Leading Local Change document, published in May as part of Lord Darzi's next stage review, sits on the desk in front of me as I write. Its message is clear - healthcare needs are changing and our sector must respond.

  • HSJ Partners

    The future focus for social care information

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    Demands and expectations on the social care system in England have changed significantly over the last decade. Our population has grown dramatically and its composition has evolved greatly in terms of age and ethnicity. In deciding how best to address these needs, providers need to consider how to offer a ...

  • HSJ Partners

    NHS Comparators wins national award

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Comparators website scooped the Best use of Information award at the annual ASSIST awards.

  • News

    Career aspirations: what younger managers want

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    Long-held beliefs that Generation Y is self-absorbed, disloyal and impatient are a myth, according to a report published this month by the Chartered Management Institute.

  • HSJ Partners

    Information Centre alcohol report paints a worrying picture

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    Hospital admissions specifically related to alcohol have more than doubled in England since 1995, according to an NHS Information Centre report.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Sector skills agreement - smarter together

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    The sector skills agreement is the mechanism by which employers, stakeholders and funding will be harnessed together to raise workforce standards. We look at how this is happening in health

  • News

    Hygiene code failures a 'wake-up call' says Healthcare Commission

    2008-06-16T16:11:00Z

    NHS trusts have been served with a 'wake-up call' to improve hygiene standards or risk service closures, following the latest annual health check declarations.More than a quarter of trusts have told the Healthcare Commission they failed to comply fully with the hygiene code in 2007-08.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Globalisation and the health service

    2008-06-16T09:00:00Z

    Globalisation poses challenges for the NHS as it copes with rising demands and the needs of a diverse community, writes David Stout

  • HSJ Knowledge

    How to generate staff enthusiasm

    2008-06-16T09:00:00Z

    Which qualities are needed in those who lead their organisation's services transformation? Triona Buckley sets out one trust's formula

  • Supplements

    Skills development: urgent response

    2008-06-16T09:00:00Z

    Healthcare providers and employers across the UK face an arduous workforce challenge.

  • Comment

    David Lee on handling a killing

    2008-06-16T09:00:00Z

    One piece of news mental health trust directors dread above almost any other is that of a homicide by a local service user.

  • Comment

    Ken Jarrold on why Darzi needs nurses

    2008-06-16T09:00:00Z

    Last November, commenting on the first Darzi report, I pointed out that only a crusade for nursing and a focus on team leaders would improve patient experience.

  • Comment

    Lisa Rodrigues on being there for your staff

    2008-06-16T09:00:00Z

    Bill Clinton used to say the most important attribute of a leader was being there. This gets tested when things go wrong, but also when they are going well.

  • News

    RCM and Unite threaten industrial action over pay

    2008-06-13T16:23:52Z

    Members of Unite and the Royal College of Midwives have overwhelmingly rejected the government’s 7.99 per cent three year pay deal.Nearly 95 per cent of 20,000 Unite health service members who voted were against accepting the deal, with three quarters of them wanting a strike ballot.In the RCM, the vote ...

  • News

    DH evades Treasury cap on central budgets

    2008-06-13T14:56:03Z

    The Department of Health will use part of its own internal underspend to release itself from Treasury-imposed cut backs in administrative spending. As part of the comprehensive spending review the Treasury imposed a two per cent (£5m) reduction each year to the DH’s central budget of£225m. But in its business ...