Workforce – Page 446

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Making the most of human resources in the health sector

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    NHS managers can add value to their organisations by recognising that human resources teams are integral to corporate success, not peripheral, writes Greg Brown

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS team wins Investors in Children accreditation

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    Staff at Hart Lodge, part of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust, have become the first NHS child learning disability team to gain Investors in Children accreditation.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Are we all knowledge workers now?

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    I can remember first coming across the term 'knowledge worker' about 10 years ago at a conference and assumed it was the latest management buzzphrase imported from a consultancy or Ivy League professor.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS team wins Investors in Children accreditation

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    Staff at Hart Lodge, part of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust, have become the first NHS child learning disability team to gain Investors in Children accreditation.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Making the most of human resources in the health sector

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    NHS managers can add value to their organisations by recognising that human resources teams are integral to corporate success, not peripheral, writes Greg Brown

  • HSJ Knowledge

    David Amos on the principles of equality

    2008-02-11T09:00:00Z

    Equality and diversity should be at the heart of workforce planning

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Engaging clinicians in NHS leadership

    2008-02-11T09:00:00Z

    John Clark and colleagues report on a project that aims to break down bunker-like regimes and involve medical staff in trust leadership

  • HSJ Knowledge

    CMI

    2008-02-08T17:32:50Z

    A new report suggests that organisations in the health sector have a misplaced confidence about their ability to cope with uncertainty and change.The survey, carried out by the Chartered Management Institute, shows that, of the top concerns raised, only 51 per cent of organisations in the health sector believe that ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    QNI

    2008-02-08T16:43:46Z

    Staff in the NHS might be expected to be better at looking after their own health than most people. They have health promotion information to hand, they either are, or work closely with, clinicians, and they are usually provided with excellent occupational health services. Perhaps equally important, they are regularly ...

  • News

    Migrant medical training applications curtailed

    2008-02-07T12:59:00Z

    Temporary changes to immigration rules will reduce the potential pool of migrants applying to UK postgraduate medical training from 5,000 to 3,000 in 2009, the Department of Health has said.

  • News

    DH appoints interim information chief

    2008-02-07T12:52:00Z

    The Department of Health has appointed Matthew Swindells as interim chief information officer, replacing Richard Granger who left the department last week.

  • Comment

    Media Watch: agency nurses

    2008-02-07T09:00:00Z

    Agency nurses are raking it in with some hospitals paying them more than £120 an hour, according to figures obtained by the Conservatives.

  • Comment

    Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on the need for evidence

    2008-02-07T09:00:00Z

    There's a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where a king has an errant son under guard. After a father-son exchange, he prepares to leave and asks the guards to stay with his son. After walking a short distance, he turns to find them walking behind him. There ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Local control puts boards under the spotlight

    2008-02-07T09:00:00Z

    The drive for local autonomy means non-executives and chairs are under ever-closer scrutiny. The body charged with recruiting them hopes to prepare them through improved selection and training

  • News

    Low pay rates blamed for shortage of clinical coders

    2008-02-07T09:00:00Z

    Trusts have complained that they cannot recruit and retain enough qualified clinical coders because Agenda for Change pay rates do not let them offer attractive wages.

  • News

    Don't get hooked on Polish workers, professor warns

    2008-02-07T09:00:00Z

    Workforce planners have been warned not to get 'hooked' on eastern European labour because the supply of foreign workers is likely to dwindle.

  • News

    Doctors urged to vote on new contract

    2008-02-06T11:48:00Z

    The British Medical Association has launched an awareness campaign in the run-up to a vote on a new contract for 13,000 staff grade and associate specialist doctors.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Apprenticeships bring new skills to the health sector

    2008-02-06T09:00:00Z

    More and more healthcare employers are realising that apprenticeships offer a workforce development solution that supports new ways of delivering services and improving patient care.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Apprenticeships bring new skills to the health sector

    2008-02-06T09:00:00Z

    More and more healthcare employers are realising that apprenticeships offer a workforce development solution that supports new ways of delivering services and improving patient care.

  • News

    Johnson writes to GPs

    2008-02-05T11:24:06Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson has written to GPs advising them to accept the deal the BMA rejected before Christmas or risk losing up to£35,000 of practice income.The deal would require the practices to provide an extra 30 minutes consultation time per week per 1,000 patients (around 3 hours for the ...