All Education/training articles – Page 79
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Robina Shah on the patient experience
NHS trusts are aware of patients' views through satisfaction surveys and the complaints process. These have shown patient dissatisfaction in three core areas: communication and information, the manner and attitude of staff and the hospital environment.
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Maggi Rose on clinical supervision
While NHS organisations often get caught up in documenting the benefits and justifying the expense of clinical supervision, the most important thing to keep sight of are the benefits to the people directly involved the process
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David Amos on NHS apprenticeships
Last autumn, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao delivered a speech to the Communist Party congress entitled, 'Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive for New Victories in Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in all Respects'.
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NHS surplus achieved at expense of training, says BMA
Doctors' leaders today called for funding for NHS staff training to be protected from raids by cash-strapped trusts.
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Ali Mohammed on firing staff
Thank goodness The Apprentice is back on TV. It's basically the HR type's ultimate TV programme with a huge dose of entertainment built in.
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Northern Ireland students face hardship - BMA
Medical students in Northern Ireland are the 'most disadvantaged' in the UK, according to doctors' leaders in the region.
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Junior doctor hospital accommodation row
The BMA has hit out at NHS Employers for refusing to discuss how junior doctors could be helped to cope with the financial implications of the loss of free hospital accommodation.
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HSJ Knowledge
John Varney on harnessing the power of groups
By surveying the collective experience and expertise of a group of senior executives, John Varney discovers what characterises successful leadership and offers insights into areas of best practice
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving psychiatric intensive care training
A 10-day web-based training course on psychiatric intensive care is aimed at improving services for the most vulnerable patients.
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HSJ Knowledge
Unlocking leadership potential in the NHS
Health service managers need to take advantage of opportunities beyond their comfort zones in order to thrive, as one programme is demonstrating
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HSJ Partners
Leadership Fellows scheme opens for the last time
The Health Foundation's Leadership Fellows scheme is open for applications. This is the last chance for health professionals with the potential to significantly improve the quality of health services in the UK to undertake almost two years of personal and professional development, free of charge.
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HSJ Knowledge
The NHS training hub - embedding technology
The NHS Training Hub for Operative Technologies in Healthcare is part of the government's drive to increase adoption of technology by the NHS. Paul Vousden sets out his strategy to support better patient care and deliver efficiency benefits to the health service
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Inquiry shows gap in paediatric training
Children and young people with life-threatening illness are not being treated appropriately because professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.
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NHS Networks to close
NHS Networks has announced that it is to cease operating on 31 October after running out of funding.
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HSJ Partners
Guide to integrated working
The Care Services Improvement Partnership's five networks publish a range of material that sets out to inform and advise people working in health and social care on a range of issues, including integration, personalisation, telecare and housing. Chris Mahony gives an overview of one recent publication below
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HSJ Knowledge
Training: cognitive therapy first
A nursing director has developed an online cognitive behavioural therapists' course as part of his MBA. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Olympics sport medicine centre may not be built
A national sports medicine centre at the heart of plans for a lasting health legacy from the 2012 Olympics may never be built, HSJ has learned.
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Research and development network for Leicester
A new network is being launched in Leicester to support and develop clinical research in the region.
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Foreign doctors appeal rejected
The House of Lords yesterday rejected the Department of Health's appeal against a High Court decision which ruled that making it harder for international doctors to be appointed is unlawful.
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Did racism delay the SAS contract?
Staff and associate specialist doctors are often said to lack a voice. Could this explain why they were the last group to sign their new contract, or is institutional racism to blame, asks Daloni Carlisle