All Education/training articles – Page 64
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News
Medics’ needs may dominate training
The training needs of nurses and allied professionals could be undermined if the government merges the three main clinical education advisory bodies.
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Comment
HSJ100: Hakin and Gerada lead the rise of the clinicians
The white paper represents a seismic shift in policy and operational form, perhaps the biggest since the inception of the NHS.
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News
Report points to prison care lapses
Lapses in clinical care may have led to at least four prisoners’ deaths from heart disease in the last four years, a watchdog has said.
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Supplements
Training and development: special report
Tight budgets and NHS reforms mean organisations face harder choices about training provision.
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News
Report criticises junior doctors' workload
Patients are being placed at “unnecessary risk” because junior doctors are told to work beyond their competence, a report said today.
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News
Practice based commissioning academy gets rebranded
The NHS Alliance and its private sector partner Humana have rebadged their so called practice based commissioning academy to appeal to fledgling GP consortia.
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News
NHS Commissioning Board to check foreign doctors' language skills
The new NHS Commissioning Board is to take responsibility for testing the language and clinical skills of foreign doctors from within the EU, the Department of Health has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
Self-funding leadership development
The unique connection between any individual’s leadership development and their organisation’s business should be highly visible, says Andy Radka
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HSJ Knowledge
Renegotiating NHS contracts: how to avoid the pitfalls
Renegotiating or exiting NHS contracts may seem an obvious way to make savings but the process must be approached with caution, advises Robert McGough
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Comment
Make the most of your transferable skills
You want to change career, secure a new role, position yourself for a job in a GP consortium or maybe move into a different sector. So you need to know how to identify, present and evidence your transferable skills.
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HSJ Knowledge
Book Review: The Strengths Book
Wise deployment of individual abilities creates strong teams, says Eileen Ball
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HSJ Knowledge
Healthcare for people with learning disabilities
Recent years have seen a series of high profile reports criticising the NHS for offering inadequate healthcare to patients with learning disabilities.
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News
Shortage of surgical training posts criticised
Hundreds of people aspiring to become surgeons are being left behind due to the lack of training posts available at the NHS, according to a new investigation.
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HSJ Knowledge
Banding appeals
In the last year we have seen an increase in the number of banding appeals. Appeals arise when trusts and junior doctors are in dispute over hours worked and compensation due, under the New Deal rules for doctors.
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News
Trusts should be paid to employ overseas doctors
Trusts should be compensated financially by the NHS for employing doctors from developing countries, a Tory MP has argued.
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News
Health students' doubts over NHS reforms
Student doctors and nurses are sceptical of the government’s reform plans for the NHS, according to a survey.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to retain talented staff
As the cuts make everyone’s job feel harder, roleplay workshops can help managers make staff feel valued
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News
Call to reform surgical profession
Surgeons belong to a “profession adrift” that is in urgent need of reform, a leading medical journal has claimed.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to get the leadership skills you need
Top class leadership can’t be left to chance if organisations are to thrive
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Comment
'Time to consider the benefits and flaws of the single minded pursuit of targets'
Medicine, it has been suggested, is as much an art as a science.