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Doctors' contract survey launched
The British Medical Association has launched a survey to seek the opinions of staff grade and associate specialist doctors on new contract proposals.
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Leicester interim chief
An interim chief executive is to be paid£33,000 a month to run a hospital trust – thought to be one of the highest salaries the NHS has ever offered.Consultant Derek Smith, brought in at University Hospital of Leicester trust following the resignation of Peter Reading last month, is to be ...
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Hygiene: staff won't follow where they are not led
After the years of media scrutiny, policy statements, regulations, inspections and public outcry - not to mention the avoidable deaths and illnesses - it is hard to comprehend why many acute trust boards are failing to make hygiene standards a priority.
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Report demands end to top-down direction and return of professional autonomy
Clinicians want the government to let them get on with 'doing the right thing for the patient'.
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Clarification on professional executive committee pensions
The Department of Health has written to primary care trusts to clarify pension arrangements for members of PCT professional executive committees.
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Dentists doing less complex work, figures show
Dentists are carrying out less complex work since the introduction of the new contract in April last year.
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No comment on chief executive's departure
Barking, Redbridge and Havering Hospitals trust has been asked by NHS London not to give any further information on its chief executive stepping down.
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Fifth annual staff survey rolled out
NHS employees are being encouraged to participate in the fifth annual staff survey.More than 250,000 NHS staff will be asked for feedback on their experiences at work and data will be collected from October to November.
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BMA Scotland examines future of recruitment
The views of Scotland's junior doctors on the way forward for recruitment to specialty training will be presented to the Scottish Parliament today.
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Lisa Rodrigues on intoxicating publicity
It was impossible to miss the publication of the Alastair Campbell diaries - the newspaper serialisation and TV programme meant people were talking about them everywhere. While some may have diagnosed a serious case of work-related stress, I just thought he showed great timing, and he got me thinking about ...
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Chief executive confirmed for mental health trust
Acting chief executive of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership trust Sandy Taylor has been confirmed in the role.
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Leicester chief resigns after failed PFI project
The chief executive of one of the country's biggest trusts has stepped down from his job amid claims that he was made a scapegoat for an abandoned private finance initiative deal.
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Outgoing deputy CMO says overseas applications are NHS's biggest problem
The outgoing deputy chief medical officer has called on ministers to make a quick decision on what to do about overseas doctors applying for training posts in 2008.
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BMA U-turn on GP pay plan
The British Medical Association has distanced itself from proposed changes to GPs' pay that it jointly produced. It has argued that too many GPs will lose out under the proposals.
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HSJ Knowledge
MTAS: after the storm
The dust is still settling on the MTAS debacle, but the future of medical training is far from gloomy. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Specialist doctors 'left in lurch'
A damming report has criticised primary care trust management of specialist doctors working in the community.Specialists employed directly by PCTs feel professionally isolated and that their needs are 'ignored', the NHS Alliance has warned.
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Exclusive: SHAs understaffed and under pressure, say managers' union
Strategic health authorities will struggle to do their jobs properly because of ‘draconian’ staff cuts, union Managers in Partnership has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Paul Allen on a fashionable performance
'All teams should take a long hard look at their communication and decision-making processes'
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HSJ Knowledge
The language of business
A national English language teaching project has proven that setting resource materials in the context of healthcare increases learners' interest in applying for jobs in the sector. Kath Jones explains
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HSJ Knowledge
New acting chief executive
Tim Straughan has been appointed acting chief executive of the Information Centre for health and social care, after the departure of Denise Lievesley.