Workforce – Page 472

  • News

    Michael white on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Don?t think, Mr or Ms Finance Director, that you can force Ms Hewitt out by hiring some extra doctors or buying a fleet of scanners'

  • Comment

    Noel Pumridge on workforce planning

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Or, in simple terms, why should the NHS pay a nurse in Workington almost as much as a nurse in Wimbledon? She'll only fritter it away anyway.

  • Comment

    How doctors learned to stop worrying and love data

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The NHS has never lacked information, but, says Dr Foster Intelligence's Tim Kelsey, only now are managers and clinicians harnessing its power to change services. Public access is the next big challenge

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Graduated delays

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Government plans to increase the number of primary care mental health workers delivering therapy services have yet to take off, reports Emma Dent

  • Comment

    HSJ debate: So you want to be a director?

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    HSJ 'Managers make a difference' Campaign: Whether it's the art of fostering effective relationships with clinicians, non-executives and politicians or demonstrating empathy with staff, what does the next generation of high-quality managers need? HSJ brought together six chief executives to provide some answers

  • News

    Surgeons slate target culture

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Workforce planning has been plunged into 'disarray' by 'recent government policies' that show an 'arrogant' disregard of the views of consultants, Royal College of Surgeons president Bernard Ribeiro was due to say yesterday.

  • News

    Unions unite to oppose reform pace and lack of consultation

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Managers, doctors, nurses, paramedics and porters were set to unite against government NHS reforms this week as their unions met to draw up a collective battle plan.

  • News

    Staff asked to stay at home as Scarborough accounts come under investigation

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Scarborough and North Yorkshire Healthcare trust chief executive Alison Guy and director of finance Bernard Flynn have been asked to stay at home while the trust board and the local strategic health authority scrutinise accounting procedures.

  • News

    Future of London chief up in the air after Nicholson appointment

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The post of chief executive of the NHS in London could be re-advertised following David Nicholson's appointment as NHS chief executive.

  • News

    SHAs slash training fund for doctors

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Training of doctors is at risk because strategic health authorities cut training budgets by millions of pounds last year, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Conservative Party.

  • News

    Candidate chief Kizer puts application on hold

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    One of the four candidates vying to become chief executive of the NHS is understood to have put his application on hold.

  • News

    Non-executive was unlawfully sacked

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Appointments Commission has admitted unlawfully sacking a non-executive director of a primary care trust who opposed an ill-fated independent treatment centre contract.

  • News

    Scottish MSP calls for mass clearout on senior board

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish health minister has been asked to sack the entire senior management team of NHS Western Isles amid claims that it has descended into farce.

  • News

    Half of new nurses out of work

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Almost half of newly qualified nurses have not been able to find jobs this year, MPs heard last week.

  • News

    It's the Richard list as IT boss tops survey

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The man in charge of the review of the health service's IT systems is the highest-paid person in the NHS.

  • News

    Non-execs step down from troubled trust

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Three non-executive directors have stepped down at a trust beset with financial problems and controversy over possible service changes.

  • News

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Another week and another revelation about the Department of Health's troubled IT programme, this time from a very unlikely source.

  • News

    Apology after appointments code breach

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The NHS Appointments Commission breached the code of openness and transparency in its controversial appointment of a chair for NHS London.

  • News

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The NHS entered the debate about What Not to Wearthis week as the Daily Expresstrumpeted: 'The veil is banned in hospitals.' The paper revealed 'details of the purge of faceless medics' at Birmingham University's school of medicine. Students are allowed to cover ...