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CommentChris Ham on urgency for healthcare innovation
Labour’s tenure has seen massive progress in areas including access to services and cardiac and cancer care. But the greatest changes must now follow fast - things can only get different
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NewsHow Labour saved the NHS from the brink
Nigel Crisp believes that when Labour inherited the NHS in 1997 it was ‘falling apart’. After four years away from the service the former chief executive reflects on the successes of the last 13 years - and the missed opportunities. By Alastair McLellan
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NewsNHS staff satisfaction on the up
NHS staff report feeling more satisfied in their jobs and more supported by their managers, but a minority of organisations are not committed to improving engagement, according to the Department of Health.
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NewsDarzi warns against cutting clinical staff
Cutting clinical staff to save money in the recession would be “catastrophic” for the NHS, surgeon and former health minister Lord Darzi has warned.
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CommentNicky Spencer on facing NHS changes
Unprecedented levels of change and uncertainty are facing us all. Whatever the scale, political or economic, sector or service, organisational or personal, everyone is awaiting or experiencing unrest.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Words from the ‘Whys’
McDonald’s chief people officer gives his wisdom freely, says Michael Moran
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NewsPM's pay advisers say senior pay should sometimes be cut
Approximately 5,600 public sector staff earn more than £150,000 a year, the government’s advisory body on senior pay has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeTermination payments: rules of disengagement
Recent guidance on termination payment is specific to senior managers but should extend to all employees as good practice, says Suzanne Nulty
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NewsSenior staff must show leadership on pay restraint, says chancellor
The government will commit to a new code of practice on senior pay setting in the public sector, today’s Budget announces, with a warning senior staff should “show leadership in pay restraint”.
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NewsNew £1.5m NHS uniforms 'cause rashes'
A £1.5m programme to introduce colour-coded NHS uniforms in Wales could be scrapped after scores of nurses complained that the items caused painful rashes.
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NewsJail sentence for NHS fraudster
A senior NHS manager who fraudulently earned £245,246 over a five year period has been handed a 12 month prison sentence, suspended for a year. Hasan Tahsin was also ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
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NewsSacked consultant wins bullying appeal
A leading consultant at top-security Broadmoor Hospital - sacked after complaints of bullying from colleagues, including a former lover - has won his case of unfair dismissal.
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NewsJudgement reserved in Rose Gibb appeal case
The final outcome of the Rose Gibb case may not be known until after the election, after judgement was reserved today in her Appeal Court hearing.
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NewsPCTs bend pay rules to fill senior jobs
Primary care trusts are being forced to bend official pay rules to fill board level posts at a time when recruitment problems are predicted to deepen.
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NewsDH lead warns against ‘results only’ pathology
A “results only” pathology service could lead to a “dumbing down” of the workforce and inappropriate diagnostic testing, the national clinical director for pathology has warned.
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HSJ Partners
Viewpoint: 'Don't focus on staff engagement as an end in itself'
We need to be cautious before accepting that there is a simple choice between believing that managers should be assessed either on the quality of staff experience or on patient outcomes and experience.
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HSJ Partners
Viewpoint: 'The lived experience of service users should be the guiding principle'
Quantum mechanics may not be bedtime reading for many NHS leaders: but there are important lessons for the service in one of its fundamental principles.
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NewsTrust questioned closely in court over Rose Gibb payout
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust’s decision not to pay its former chief executive an agreed payoff came under intense scrutiny today.
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NewsLess than half of NHS staff think managers work well with others
Just under half of NHS staff think that healthcare professionals and management work well together, figures from the 2009 NHS staff survey reveal.
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NewsSussex chief to step down without notice
The chief executive of a Sussex acute trust is to leave at the end of the month without working out her notice.