Workforce – Page 449
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Health Foundation leadership awards
The importance of leadership in making hospitals safer and increasing their quality of care has never been more prominent.
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Career Path: making health second nature
Working at the Met Office and Natural England has helped one GP hone his management skills. Here, he charts his career path, explains what he has learned along the way and gives advice to those interested in similar roles
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Business improvement qualification helps lean champions aim higher
Airedale trust's lean champions have earned national vocational qualifications in business improvement techniques, helping them in their drive to eliminate wasteful practices and enhance patient care.
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Try the human touch
Paula Hyde and Ruth Boaden look at how HR managers have an increasingly important role in boosting performance
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Nursing: reality check for diversity
The Diversity Champions programme aims to turn good intentions into good practice, as Wendy Irwin explains
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Jenny Rogers on skilful networking
A true leadership role involves sensing weak signals from a messy and complex environment, building relationships through informal coalitions across departments and organisations and learning to sell ideas to peers
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Managers who went from Richmond House to the NHS
Life at the top of the health service is enough to make even the toughest go-getter think of quitting, which is what our interviewees did - only to jump back in at a more grass-roots level. HSJ finds out about now and then
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Mental health professions - whose job is it anyway?
New professional roles that have come with the Mental Health Act 2007 have been broadly welcomed, despite continuing debate about other opportunities that have been missed. Stuart Shepherd explains
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Age discrimination - are NHS employers at risk of claims?
In cases of compulsory retirement, NHS organisations should provide clear, legitimate reasons for their decisions to avoid future litigation, particularly given the uncertainties surrounding this area of law. Jean Sapeta explains
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In the line of fire
Joining the Territorial Army develops skills such as leadership, communication, initiative and resource control. That’s why the service has much to teach managers, says Paul Gander
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coaching
Paul GanderAs with so many management ideas favoured by the private sector, coaching has been given a warm reception in many parts of the NHS.Coaching associate at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement Sue Mortlock explains some of the changes that have taken place. “Many years ago, it was ...
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Steve Onyett on a network with attitude
Junior health minister Lord Darzi’s interim report on the future of the NHS highlights the importance of effective leadership and stable contexts for service improvement. It would be tragic if we missed this historic opportunity to make the best use of our current understanding of leadership and leadership development.A recent ...
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David Lammy
John Rogers, chief executive of Skills for Health – the Sector Skills Council for the NHS, independent and voluntary healthcare sectors - interviews David Lammy, Minister for Skills and former Under-Secretary of State for Health. JR: In your current role as Minister for Skills - and in view of ...
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Unions call for rethink on pay index measure
NHS managers should receive a pay rise at least equal to the retail price index, Managers in Partnership told the NHS pay review body this week.
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Moyes still waiting for new Monitor contract
Bill Moyes, executive chair of the foundation trust regulator Monitor, has yet to agree a new contract with the Department of Health to guarantee his position, HSJ has learned.
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Junior doctor recruitment still shaky, claims BMA
Problems with the 2008 junior doctor recruitment process in England have already started to emerge, the British Medical Association has said.
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European law and the NHS - the year ahead
Steve Barnett looks at EU law and its potential impact on the NHS workforce in 2008
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Salaried primary care dentists accept new contract
The British Dental Association has confirmed that salaried primary care dentists in England have voted to accept proposals to modernise their contract, negotiated by NHS Employers and the BDA.
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Contract proposals for staff and associate specialists
The government has agreed to the new contract for staff and associate specialist doctors negotiated between NHS Employers and the BMA, subject to adoption of changed transitional arrangements.
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Royal Liverpool Children's trust names new chief executive
The Royal Liverpool Children's trust has appointed Louise Shepherd as its new chief executive.