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Ex-BBC boss joins national leadership council
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been named alongside an eclectic list of figures on the national leadership council for the NHS.
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NewsGP quality: the final frontier for inspectors
So far general practice has remained impervious to the expanding remit of the inspectors. This week the King’s Fund revealed proposals for a new GP quality inquiry that has even won backing from the profession. Helen Mooney reports
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CommentKen Jarrold on getting the best from staff
If the NHS is to improve public health and provide high quality services to patients, it must look after its staff, including chief executives and senior managers.
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NewsMid Staffordshire redundancies under scrutiny
Mid Staffordshire hospital trust paid out £1.3m in redundancy payments between 2006 and 2009, figures disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed.
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Blogs
Competence or expertise – you choose, if you have a choice
Workforce planning is an ambiguous art made yet more ambiguous when set on a national scale with its unconnected, conflicting and changing priorities – still, we try.
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Search starts for new chief executive of NHS Yorkshire and the Humber
The hunt has begun for a new chief executive for the Yorkshire and Humber strategic health authority.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorking Hours: NHS organisations on track to meet working time directive
Most NHS organisations are on track to have their staff working an average of no more than 48 hours a week by 1 August
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Working Hours: a case study in reducing junior doctors' hours
With a successful Hospital at Night pilot behind it and Computers on Wheels in clinical areas, a Liverpool trust significantly reduced junior doctors’ hours
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Working Hours: top tips to meet the working time directive
Here is a collation of invaluable tips from experts on achieving the European working time directive
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Working Hours: communication and teamwork generate results
It was communication and collaboration that put Alder Hey Children’s foundation trust on track for EWTD compliance
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Working Hours: two ways to reduce junior doctors' hours
Two different trusts have focused on ways of working within specialties as the route to compliance on junior doctors’ hours
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Working Hours: how to work less without compromising training
Rethinking its emergency service enabled Homerton University Hospital foundation trust to maintain junior doctors’ training time while achieving compliance on hours
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VAT changes prompt concern over NHS staff costs
Tax changes have sparked fears NHS trusts will be hit with significant increases in agency staff costs.
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NewsGeneral Medical Council elects new chair
Peter Rubin is to take over from Graeme Catto as chair of the General Medical Council.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play
Taming the demands of a hectic life is within your grasp, says James Potter
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Working hours target deadline fast approaching
Now is the time to get back on schedule and ensure your trust is ready for the August deadline, since delays could bring penalties.Ingrid Torjesen reports
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CommentWhat makes a good NHS non-executive director?
NHS non-executive directors used to be unfairly portrayed as part of the “old boys network” - cronies and fat cats who needed to fill their time between trips to the golf club - or as well intentioned members of the community who, when they were not at the hospital, were ...
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CommentSheila Williams: management coaching can stop problems escalating
I was facilitating a workshop on performance management with a group of experienced NHS managers recently. I got to the part about dealing with performance problems when they arise and how using a coaching approach often prevents the problem from escalating.
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Foundation trust appoints new chief executive
Tom Cahill has been announced as the new chief executive of the Hertfordshire Partnership foundation trust.
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New staff vetting regulations delayed
The government is to delay the introduction of new safeguarding regulations for 11 million staff working with vulnerable adults and children.