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NewsCQC 'brutally discredited' Bower and Finney
Former Care Quality Commission executives were “hung out to dry” by a “flawed process” after chief executive David Behan ignored warnings about potential problems with the work of an independent review, it has been alleged.
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HSJ KnowledgeA health service of all the talents
How the NHS can spot, encourage and attract new leadership talent
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LeaderSustainable pensions are undermined by Treasury plans
The Treasury’s plans for NHS pensions would, in effect, cut the service’s budget. The government should explain why it is prepared to risk the place of NHS pensions “at the heart of the reward package for staff”
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NewsUPDATED: Deal reached on consultant contract talks
An agreement has been reached between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association on terms to renegotiate the consultant contract.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury raid on pensions could drain billions from NHS
Treasury plans to recalculate the value of public sector pensions and introduce a single tier pension could leave the health service facing an annual bill of £2.5bn, HSJ can reveal.
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Blogs
There will always be staff who feel bullied by managers
If staff are asked, “Have you been bullied?”, what is an acceptable amount of yes responses?
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NewsBullying 'entrenched' at CQC
Senior health and social care professionals who join the Care Quality Commission are more likely to be subject to bullying than other employees, an internal review commissioned by the regulator has found.
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NewsMid Staffs A&E sisters struck off by NMC
Two former accident and emergency nurses who altered patient discharge times to meet waiting time targets at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been struck off the nursing register.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals calls in consultants amid financial woe
FINANCE: KPMG has been drafted in by managers at Plymouth Hospitals Trust to help draw up a three-year plan to tackle a multi-million pound deficit.
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NewsChief decides not to move to Bolton FT after all
WORKFORCE: The man appointed as chief executive of troubled Bolton Foundation Trust has decided he will not be taking up the post after all.
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NewsA&E doctors 'should get pay rise'
Doctors working in A&E should be given a pay rise to help end the staffing crisis on emergency wards, it has been claimed.
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Blogs
Tackling inequality is a forgotten priority
A current Coronation Street storyline is ideal material for addressing racism issues in organisations
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NewsTrusts seek thousands of frontline staff in 'short-term fix'
Foundation trusts aim to spend £500m recruiting 10,000 additional frontline clinical staff this year as a short term fix before cutting the workforce by almost 30,000 in the following two years, their latest plans show.
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NewsNHS staff sick days on the rise
NHS ambulance staff took almost 15 days off sick last year, figures suggest.
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NewsFormer Mid Staffs nursing director distances herself from staff shortages
A former chief nurse at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has blamed frontline staff for chronic shortages of nurses.
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NewsAnalysed: The future of the NHS consultant contract
What does the NHS consultant contract say and how does it need to change for the future?
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs survey reveals claims of continuing poor care
Some patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are continuing to suffer poor care more than four years after widespread failures at the trust first emerged.
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NewsExclusive: GMC reveals 16 A&Es with concerns
HSJ can reveal the names of 16 emergency departments about which the General Medical Council has current significant concerns.
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CommentWhy aren’t there more women leaders in the NHS?
Lack of women leaders is a disadvantage to the NHS
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HSJ KnowledgeKey comments from HSJ's women in healthcare survey
A selection of thought provoking quotes