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NewsNMC to vote on proposals for nurse revalidation
Nurses and midwives may have to collect positive feedback from patients and colleagues every three years in order to remain on the register, under proposals for the revalidation of the profession.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhen change must be fast as well as furious
How one chief executive transformed his new FT
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NewsOne in seven of staff made redundant win back jobs
More than one in seven NHS workers made redundant since May 2010 have been re-employed in the service, parliamentary figures show.
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NewsRCP pledges action on Francis and backs new criminal offences
The head of the Royal College of Physicians has told HSJ it backs the idea of new criminal offences for the abuse and neglect of NHS patients.
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HSJ KnowledgeTwelve steps to safer whistleblowing
Organisations that engage staff provide the best care
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NewsSchools demand scrapping of restrictions on graduate doctors
Medical schools have called for the lifting of 60-year-old restrictions on the activities of newly qualified doctors, raising concerns of an impact on patient safety, HSJ has discovered.
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NHS 'gets 3,000 complaints a week'
The NHS in England receives more than 3,000 complaints a week, according to official data.
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NewsUK's first private medical school announced
The UK’s first private medical school is about to be launched.
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NewsAmbulance staff ballot warning
Union leaders have warned of the threat of industrial action among ambulance workers in a row over sick pay.
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CommentLet's unlock the potential of NHS clinical leaders
New research sheds light on the role and attitudes of frontline clinical-managers
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NewsPrivate hospital groups face selling off sites
Private healthcare groups face having to sell off sites after the competition watchdog found 101 private hospitals across the UK have little local competition.
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NewsNHS spends £1.4bn on redundancy pay-offs
Ministers have been accused of wasting £1.4bn of NHS funding on redundancy pay-offs.
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NewsAnalysis: Mid Staffs administrators' plans would see millions in investment
Hundreds of millions of pounds will be ploughed into the Staffordshire health economy over the next three years, if plans by administrators for the future of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust go ahead.
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NewsFall in number of dentists earning £200,000-plus
The number of dentists earning more than £200,000 a year dropped slightly to around 700 in 2011-12, new figures show.
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NewsLandmark prescription laws come into force
The UK has become the first country in the world to allow physiotherapists and podiatrists to prescribe drugs to their patients.
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Blogs
A leadership balancing act
It seems that successful senior managers who give interviews fall into two types: the ‘people people’ and the macho managers; neither are helpful role models.
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NewsAgency staff spending expected to rise
Spending on agency staff in NHS hospitals is predicted to climb as frontline pressures intensify, according to a report shared with Health Service Journal.
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SupplementsMake the connection − an HSJ ESR supplement
Time to wake up to the potential of staff records to transform care
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NHS staff with HIV ban to be lifted
The government is to lift a ban on NHS workers with HIV carrying out certain procedures on patients.