Workforce – Page 435

  • News

    Inquiry shows gap in paediatric training

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Children and young people with life-threatening illness are not being treated appropriately because professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.

  • News

    Inquiry reveals gap in paediatric training

    2008-05-14T13:21:00Z

    Children and young people with life-threatening illnesses are not being treated appropriately because the health professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.

  • News

    RCP to set out responsibilities of doctors and patients

    2008-05-14T13:12:00Z

    A Royal College of Physicians working party is being set up to identify more clearly the roles of responsibilities of doctors and patients.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Improving staff communication

    2008-05-13T09:00:00Z

    Setting up an online forum is an easy, inexpensive way to encourage better communication among healthcare staff, especially those working different shifts. John Harrison explains

  • News

    Career Path: leading change in the NHS

    2008-05-13T09:00:00Z

    Michael Scott's CV reads like a chronology of NHS reforms. So it is not surprising that his next move is into a London PCT. Here, he explains how his career took shape

  • Comment

    Ken Jarrold on the staff survey

    2008-05-12T09:00:00Z

    The Healthcare Commission will leave a rich legacy, including the remarkable and powerful staff surveys that have given the people of the NHS a voice to which we should listen.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Staff development: crack the performance whip

    2008-05-12T09:00:00Z

    Giving staff feedback on their performance can sometimes feel like making people jump through hoops. But there is an art to it, says Jenny Rogers

  • HSJ Knowledge

    View from the floor: dementia services

    2008-05-12T09:00:00Z

    Janice Bond is a senior occupational therapist with Sussex Partnership trust. She works on a joint health and social services support scheme for people with dementia

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Maggie Rae on the NHS's 60th anniversary

    2008-05-12T09:00:00Z

    Have you started on your plans to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the NHS? Don't leave it to the great and good to celebrate - you are the great and the good.

  • News

    £50m for productive ward roll-out

    2008-05-09T12:47:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced a £50m fund to support the national roll-out of the Productive Ward programme.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Staff honoured in 60th anniversary campaign

    2008-05-09T12:37:00Z

    NHS Employers is tomorrow launching its national campaign in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the NHS, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

  • News

    DH slammed for poor leadership on Modernising Medical Careers

    2008-05-08T10:19:00Z

    The health select committee's report on Modernising Medical Careers has blamed the programme's problems on leadership weaknesses within the Department of Health.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Creating a smoke-free working environment

    2008-05-08T09:00:00Z

    Chris Phillips outlines the steps NHS employers should take to implement a successful smoking ban and explains how to deal with possible dissent from patients, visitors and staff

  • Comment

    Ros Levenson on recruiting non-executives

    2008-05-08T09:00:00Z

    After 10 years as a non-executive director of my local NHS trust, including six years as deputy chair, I felt tuned-in to what local people wanted from their hospital. But looking back on the experience, it is interesting to reflect that if I were applying now, rather than a decade ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Stress-busting techniques for NHS staff

    2008-05-08T09:00:00Z

    It is sadly ironic that, for many, the NHS is a source of stress. I am not talking about patients - that is another article - but about the service's staff.

  • News

    Barbara Young to chair Care Quality Commission

    2008-05-08T09:00:00Z

    The proposed chair of the new super-regulator has been welcomed as an 'inspirational' leader. Baroness Barbara Young, currently the Environment Agency chief executive, has been named as the Department of Health's preferred candidate to chair the shadow Care Quality Commission.

  • News

    Foundation trust directors earning up to 25 per cent more

    2008-05-08T09:00:00Z

    Foundation trust finance directors are earning 16 per cent more than their non-foundation trust counterparts, according to a survey that adds to evidence of a growing 'pay gap'.

  • News

    NHS Western Isles criticised for financial failings

    2008-05-07T10:22:00Z

    The Scottish Parliament's audit committee has found serious failings in the running of NHS Western Isles and condemned its persistent failure to put in place adequate financial controls.

  • Comment

    David Amos on workforce planning

    2008-05-06T09:00:00Z

    A clip on YouTube called Shifthappens broadcasts statistical evidence to demonstrate that the human race is experiencing a world of exponential growth. NHS workforce planners should take note.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Tips for managers on supporting staff

    2008-05-06T09:00:00Z

    Managers who are engaged with their staff create well-being and better care. Margaret Bradley and Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe explain how to achieve this