Workforce – Page 420
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DH appoints autism adviser
Elaine Hill has been appointed as the specialist adviser for autism at the Department of Health.
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Unite opens NHS pay ballot
Union Unite today began balloting NHS members on the current three-year pay deal. The ballot will ask 100,000 members if they are prepared to take industrial action, including strike action, in protest at the pay deal.
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Maternity services growth fails to keep up with births
Maternity services faced growing pressure on capacity and staff last year despite government commitments to improve safety and choice.Newly released reports from regional midwifery officers show midwife numbers in many areas failed to keep up with the rising birth rate in 2007-08.
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HSJ Knowledge
Six steps to integrated NHS workforce planning: step one
Are you considering your healthcare workforce plans? The Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning can help.
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HSJ Knowledge
Ali Mohammed on meeting staff needs
You really know you are 40 when you admit to being 35 but are actually about to turn 50. You also know you are 40 when you have fancy paperclips instead of plain office-supply ones.
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Defence ministry doctors accept pay deal
The British Medical Association has formally accepted a new pay deal for GPs working for the Ministry of Defence.
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Leader
Constitutional rights in danger of smothering local NHS values
The proposed NHS constitution is drowning in a sea of indifference.
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Maidstone boosts pay offer to tempt new chair
A salary of £44,000 is being offered for a new chair for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust.
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New formula spells end for minimum practice income guarantee
GPs and NHS Employers have agreed a formula that could phase out the minimum practice income guarantee. The guarantee has been strongly criticised, as it means GP practices suffer no financial penalty if patients choose to go elsewhere.
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Why should NHS managers reapply for their posts?
I was close to apoplexy when I heard about Liberal Democrat deputy leader Vince Cable's suggestion that directors reapply for their own posts and take a pay and conditions cut in the process.
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Pay dispute threatens speech therapists' morale, union claims
Dissatisfaction at the government's three-year pay deal, which adds up to an annual pay increase of 2.7 per cent - just under half the rate of inflation, is creating a 'crisis' of stress and low morale among speech and language therapists, their union has claimed.
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Comment
Henry Carleton on the European working time directive
The chair of the British Medical Association consultants' committee recently suggested that the problems posed by the European working time directive could be solved by employing more consultants and ensuring managers work closely with clinical colleagues.
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Comment
David Levy on world class commissioning's training implications
World class commissioning has already had a significant impact on primary care trusts and their development.
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HSJ Knowledge
Rooting out health service CV cheats
Fake CVs are a problem in the NHS. But, unlike Alan Sugar, the service cannot afford to ignore it, says legal expert Philip Farrar
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Comment
David Amos on aiming for NHS perfection
The 2008 Olympics reaffirmed the proposition that it is possible to keep improving on excellence and perfection in sport.
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North Yorkshire and York PCT chief executive to leave
North Yorkshire and York primary care trust chief executive Janet Soo-Chung is to leave her post next week.The PCT, which was one of six organisations rated double weak in the annual health check this week, said that director of finance and resources and deputy chief executive Nick Steele would lead ...
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Annual health check case study: Dorset healthcare foundation trust
Dorset Healthcare foundation trust reached double excellent with an improvement in its resources rating from good in 2006-07.
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The quest for the perfect NHS leader
Martin Marshall's analysis of the state of NHS leadership is only partially correct. Much more has been achieved than he gives credit for.
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Trusts expect tight pinch from 2010
Real terms cuts expected to payment by results tariffTough road ahead for aspirant foundationsQuery over future of capital investmentStaff costs may fall in real terms
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GP earnings drop slightly
Average GP earnings before tax fell by 2.1 per cent between 2005-06 and 2006-07 to £107,667, a report from the NHS Information Centre has found.Although gross GP income increased by 1 per cent to £247,362 in that period, GP tax returns showed a 3.5 per cent increase in claimed expenses.