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SupplementsHealthcare 100: the top healthcare employers
Welcome to the second annual Healthcare 100 supplement, recognising the top employers in healthcare.
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NewsAccountability shake-up planned for public services
David Cameron will today promise to “turn government on its head” and make every Whitehall department publicly accountable against published milestones for what they want to achieve.
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NewsTrusts 'slash and burn' frontline jobs
NHS trusts have been accused by the Royal College of Nursing of failing to consult with staff as they seek cuts in frontline jobs.
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NewsPCTs warned of pharma funded education risks
Primary care trusts have been warned not to rely on pharmaceutical companies to provide education for practice nurses.
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NewsZero tolerance needed for ambulance staff assaults
Zero tolerance is needed to crack down on people who assault ambulance staff, according to a leading union.
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NewsNeonatal units 'under-staffed'
A committee of Welsh politicians has discovered that many neonatal units for ill and premature babies are crowded and under-staffed.
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HSJ KnowledgeBranding in the NHS
When times are tough branding might not seem a priority, but well thought out branding has the power to save an organisation money.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS leadership in troubled times
Steve Onyett describes five principles for leadership in troubled times, but warns that initiatives are meaningless if they don’t bring about improvement
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HSJ KnowledgeJenny Rogers on facilitating meetings
I would love to have been a fly on the wall at the arranged marriage discussions between the Tories and Liberal Democrats. Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell discreetly said that senior civil servants were “available” to facilitate the meetings - which turned out to be so remarkably easy and short.
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NewsTop public sector salaries published
The salaries of 160 public sector bosses who get paid more than £150,000 have been published by the government.
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NewsGPs refuse to work for out-of-hours services
GPs are refusing to work for badly funded out-of-hours services that put patients at risk by relying on overseas doctors, a conference heard today.
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NHS spending rises 'endanger vulnerable patients'
Commitments to increase spending on the NHS year-on-year are “dangerous” and will leave vulnerable patients without the support they need, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeGalvanising the future of clinical leadership
There is vast leadership potential in the junior doctor workforce, as Fiona Pathiraja and Kate Drysdale explain
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NewsSHAs told to step up NHS talent hunt
An HSJ analysis has uncovered large regional variations in the amount being invested in NHS talent and leadership.
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NewsNHS leaders ‘must support’ clinical practice change
NHS leaders are being urged to support changes to clinical practice it is hoped will save more than £9bn a year.
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LeaderClinical engagement is about more than GPs
At last week’s NHS Confederation conference, health secretary Andrew Lansley stressed the need for managers to engage with GPs, while batting away the question of how Treasury officials feel about giving them control of the commissioning purse strings - a question that is not going to go away.
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HSJ KnowledgeEuropean working time directive
The story of how the European working time directive was implemented successfully at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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CommentThe bones of a PCT recovery plan
PCTs’ plans for the tough times ahead need both the right ‘anatomy’ and ‘physiology’
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NewsDo not cut specialist roles, warns SHA chief
Specialist members of the NHS workforce must not be sacrificed in order to find efficiency savings, a government advisor and strategic health authority chief executive has warned.
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NewsSugar banned from hospital vending machines
Sugar has been banned from coffee and tea vending machines in hospitals across Wales as they pose a “risk to health”, according to NHS chiefs.