All articles by Stuart Shepherd – Page 3
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Marketing in the health sector: the dawn of the Facebook fan
Do you want to be a 'fan' of your local trust, or Alan Johnson's friend? With Facebook you can. Stuart Shepherd looks at how NHS organisations are using Web 2.0 to connect with patients
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Finance: make your business boom
Commercialism in the health service means that trusts must look for profitable growth. Stuart Shepherd explains how developing service-line reporting can achieve this
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NHS retirement: old enough to know better
The NHS Retirement Fellowship must attract younger members if it is to continue to represent ex-staff. Stuart Shepherd reports
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One year on from the smoking ban
One year into the smoking ban in England it is still too early to predict its long-term effects on public health but there are reasons to be cheerful, says Stuart Shepherd
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Happy staff equal happy patients
Healthcare organisations with happy staff are more likely to have satisfied patients, the Healthcare Commission has revealed.
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A look inside a care trust plus
North East Lincolnshire is home to England's first care trust plus. Stuart Shepherd spoke to its ambitious - and entirely local - leader
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NHS60: The team dream
The germ of multidisciplinary teamworking existed even in 1948 and has blossomed in recent years, reports Stuart Shepherd
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NHS60: Run with a rod of iron
The formation of the NHS brought together many different organisations, with their own ideas of hierarchy, writes Stuart Shepherd
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Sector qualifications strategy
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
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Labour market research
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
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New roles in the health sector
A series of projects under the Skills for Health banner is developing new roles to support the ever-changing health service
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Sector skills agreement - smarter together
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
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Self-harm services: help with the pain
An award-winning service earns the confidence of people who self-harm with empathetic care. Stuart Shepherd reports on how it is improving the lives of vulnerable people
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Sexual health - protection plea
Stuart Shepherd visits Nottingham to see how the NHS is coping with a surge in sexually transmitted infections, amid calls to keep them top priority
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Career Path: working in mental health
Not many managers in mental health nursing can claim to have worked in the Royal Engineers and as a healthcare assistant. For Andy Johnston, however, it was those early experiences that led him to start nurse training in 1988. He is now a hospital manager. Here, he charts his career's ...
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Who cares for the carers?
People caring for a relative are a vital part of the health and social care system - but many feel isolated. A national strategy aims to help by making GPs and community services more carer friendly. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Career Path: rising to the top
Dr Simon Eccles talks to Stuart Shepherd about his path from medical school to a variety of roles in NHS management
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Career Path: rising to the top
Dr Simon Eccles talks to Stuart Shepherd about his path from medical school to a variety of roles in NHS management
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HSJ talks to NHS Networks head Edna Robinson
Whether leading from the front or prompting from the side, Edna Robinson's goal has always been joined-up thinking, she tells Stuart Shepherd
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It’s all about the individual
This HSJ Award-winning training and quality development programme for educators teaches a thoroughly patient-centred approach. Stuart Shepherd is keen to learn more