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Chief operating officer for NHS Direct
Paula Higson has been appointed chief operating officer of NHS Direct.
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GP pay doubles in 20 years
Average GP earnings topped £110,000 in 2005-06, twice the level of two decades earlier, according to figures published by the Information Centre for health and social care.
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Care Quality Commission salary is 'ridiculously low'
The Department of Health is under pressure to increase the salary for the first chair of the new health and social care regulator after it was branded 'ridiculously low'. The job was advertised at £60,780 a year for up to three days a week, considerably less than comparable posts.
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Black calls on NHS to fight employee absence
The national director for health and work has presented plans for the NHS to take on a wider role in promoting health and well-being at work.
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Census shows wide variation in numbers of clinical staff
The government's boast that the NHS has been swelled by thousands of extra clinical staff masks wide regional variations and a flattening in the number of nurses and GPs.
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Care Quality Commission: open your wallet and pay for real talent
For a department renowned for its largesse when it comes to remuneration, it is difficult to understand why the Department of Health is being so parsimonious when it comes to the salary for the chair of the new Care Quality Commission.
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Halt public sector pay squeeze, says Unison
Staff such as nurses, paramedics and social workers should not have to put up with below-inflation pay rises, public sector union Unison has said.
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Call to protect legal status of health visiting
Union leaders have urged health secretary Alan Johnson to halt plans that could lead to the legal abolition of the health visiting profession.Proposed changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Act could see less-qualified staff carrying out 'health visiting' duties, according to union Unite, which encompasses the Community Practitioners' and Health ...
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Ian Watson and Adrian Newland on the role of healthcare scientists
Junior health minister Lord Darzi's interim report promotes a radical patient-centred view most would endorse. The concept of local treatment centres where most examinations can be carried out is an attractive one. But such services must not be offered in isolation, remote from high-quality diagnostic services.
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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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Ill health costs £100bn
People should be kept healthy at work and be helped to return to work if they get ill, according to a review of work-related health services.The review, led by national director for health and work Dame Carol Black, found that ill health costs £100bn a year and that the human ...
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Over 6,600 more staff in NHS
There are 6,625 more frontline staff working in the NHS than a year ago, according to figures published by the NHS Information Centre. The figures include 2,033 more doctors, 1,262 more nurses, 624 midwives and 252 fewer managers.
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Stephen Ramsden on stability in leadership
This month I celebrate 10 years as chief executive of Luton and Dunstable Hospital. For the first few years, I concentrated on building an environment of trust and respect between managers and doctors.
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HSJ Knowledge
One man's vision for the future
Former junior health minister David Lammy, now skills minister, tells HSJ about his plans for a more skilled healthcare workforce
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New chief executive for Westminster PCT
Michael Scott, head of the Audit Commission's trust practice, has been appointed chief executive of Westminster primary care trust.
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Inquiry into bullying claims at nursing council
The government has set up an independent inquiry into allegations of bullying and racism at the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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GPs urge PCTs to remain flexible
Primary care trusts will have to negotiate with family doctors over how to implement extended hours locally after the overwhelming majority of GPs voted to accept the government’s proposed deal.
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GPs fail to help with appointments audit
Primary care trusts have been unable to complete an audit of the number of GP appointments provided by practices because GPs have refused to hand over the information, following British Medical Association advice.
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HSJ Knowledge
1948: creation of a new workforce
In 1948 the NHS opened its collective doors to be faced not only with an inherited waiting list of around half a million patients and a clamour for spectacles and false teeth, but also an almost immediate staff shortage.
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on the role of FT governors
Foundation trust governors can and should exercise their influence in the wider community to benefit service users