All Education/training articles – Page 65
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HSJ KnowledgeRenegotiating 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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CommentMake 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 KnowledgeBook Review: The Strengths Book
Wise deployment of individual abilities creates strong teams, says Eileen Ball
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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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NewsShortage 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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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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NewsTrusts 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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NewsHealth 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 KnowledgeHow 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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NewsCall 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 KnowledgeHow 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.
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CommentNHS training must start with values
The news that the number of places on the National Management Training Scheme is to be reduced is not surprising given the reduction in management jobs expected in the next few years.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to identify people with the skills and abilities you need
Implementing the best people strategy is tricky at the best of times, let alone in the current climate. But there are opportunities for those willing to plan ahead
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HSJ KnowledgeSheila Williams on whether to be direct or indirect
Imagine we are working on improving your communication skills. Which of these scenarios would you prefer?
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HSJ KnowledgePassport to productivity
Skills passports have a lot to offer by streamlining the recruitment process and avoiding duplicated training
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HSJ KnowledgeCoaching for leaders
Public Service Management Wales is the leadership development arm of the Welsh Assembly Government, working with the full range of public services across Wales.
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NewsJunior doctors 'spend too long on admin'
Junior doctors spend more time on admin than they do on formal medical training, research suggested today.
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Consultant development programme
Disenchantment is rife among established NHS consultants.
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Alcohol screening and intervention
We began as academic ST4 GP registrars at Imperial College in August 2009.