Workforce – Page 457

  • News

    Sickness absence consultation begins

    2007-10-23T00:00:00Z

    NHS Employers and NHS trade unions have today jointly launched a three-month consultation on proposals to manage an integrated approach for staff sickness absence and ill-health retirement in the NHS.

  • News

    ill health

    2007-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Trusts will take on a greater financial burden when workers retire early due to ill health, under proposals launched this week by NHS Employers and trade unions. A three-month consultation is taking place on the proposals, which aim to give employers greater incentives for reducing sickness absence and ill health ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    David Amos on the Wanless report

    2007-10-22T09:00:00Z

    Six years have passed since the publication of Sir Derek Wanless's interim report on the long-term view for the NHS. What has changed since then?

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Raising organisational energy

    2007-10-22T09:00:00Z

    Raising energy levels by just a small amount can yield great results for organisations, says Rupert Symons

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Kate Silvester on managing staff, not parenting them

    2007-10-22T09:00:00Z

    In a hierarchical NHS, how can managers help create a world of equals where everyone contributes?

  • News

    Scots NHS24

    2007-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The troubled Scottish telephone helpline NHS 24 has lost its third boss in three years, this time after less than six months in post. Sandy Forrest, a former deputy police constable, stepped down last week. A statement said he had joined NHS 24 with a number of external commitments and ...

  • News

    NHS Together gears up for day of action

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    NHS Together, the umbrella health service trade union group, has launched an 'I ♥ NHS' campaign, with a day of action scheduled for 3 November.

  • News

    NHS chief executive moots royal college to groom future leaders

    2007-10-18T09:00:00Z

    The quality of managers is the biggest potential barrier to creating a world-leading health service, the chief executive of the NHS has warned.

  • Comment

    Media Watch: Rose Gibb special

    2007-10-18T09:00:00Z

    There's nothing the media likes more than an easy target and this week's was Rose Gibb, formerly chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, aka 'the dirtiest hospital in England'.

  • News

    In-house HR may have no future in the NHS

    2007-10-18T09:00:00Z

    In-house human resources may have no future in the NHS, a management expert has claimed.

  • News

    Former Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells chair was 'hung out to dry'

    2007-10-18T09:00:00Z

    The chair of the hospital trust at the centre of an infection control scandal has attacked centralised control of the NHS as he stepped down.

  • Comment

    Junior doctors face a difficult job market

    2007-10-18T09:00:00Z

    Already bruised by MTAS, junior doctors are now feeling the effects of market competition - but did the DoH bungle its workforce planning, asks Noel Plumridge, or did it know what it was doing all along?

  • Comment

    Michael White on managers and motivation

    2007-10-18T09:00:00Z

    If middle managers don't manage and nurses are poorly motivated, no amount of money can solve the NHS's problems, says Michael White

  • News

    Midwives reject government pay offer

    2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

    The Royal College of Midwives has voted to reject the government's staged pay offer 'as a matter of principle', saying that it amounts to a below inflation pay award.

  • News

    500 more school nurses needed, says Unite

    2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

    The union Unite has called for 500 more school nurses to fight the obesity crisis.

  • News

    Ambulance staff wages posted on web

    2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

    A union has taken legal advice after ambulance managers posted details of the salaries of call-centre staff on the internet.

  • News

    Unison anger over infection 'slur'

    2007-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Unison today demanded an apology from the former chair of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust over claims nurses' actions had contributed to a fatal outbreak of the superbug Clostridium difficile.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Power games: what kind of manager are you?

    2007-10-16T09:00:00Z

    Getting what you want may not be as straightforward as it seems, writes Raj Persaud

  • News

    One in six GPs considering career change, survey shows

    2007-10-16T00:00:00Z

    One in six family doctors is contemplating a career change outside of general practice, according to a survey published by the British Medical Association.

  • News

    BMA says dental patients should not go to GPs

    2007-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Patients with dental problems who are unable to see an NHS dentist should not seek treatment from their GPs, the British Medical Association has said.