All Workforce articles – Page 265
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NewsPractices increasingly relying on primary care staff to fill GP shortfalls
GP surgeries in areas with some of the highest patient to doctor ratios are increasingly relying on nurses to plug gaps left by the shortage of medics
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HSJ KnowledgeWhere now for the NHS's best leadership talent?
How one programme has inspired and retained new NHS leaders
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NewsFrancis to explore NHS 'culture of fear' in new whistleblowing inquiry
Sir Robert Francis QC is to lead a review of how whistleblowers are treated in the NHS, it has been announced today.
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CommentTeach clinicians how to talk about cancer
Patients want a dialogue that goes beyond their consultation
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Exclusive: Consultants could give up weekend working 'veto'
Hospital consultants could give up their veto on delivering non-urgent care at weekends if employers agree to safeguards
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NewsCQC chief pledges action on inspection workloads
CQC chief executive David Behan has acknowledged that the heavy workloads of the new inspection regime have had a “negative impact” on staff morale
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NewsHelp us find LGBT role models within the NHS
Make your nominations and complete our experience survey
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CommentWhy we need a staff support commission
A new body can provide safety for whistleblowers and staff
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NewsExclusive: New health committee chair Sarah Wollaston's first interview
The new chair of the Commons health committee has named whistleblowing, patient safety and the safeguarding of patient records as key areas of attention for the committee under her stewardship, she told HSJ.
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NewsCourt rules doctors must consult patients over resuscitation orders
BREAKING: Patients have a new legal right to be consulted before doctors place ‘do not attempt resuscitation’ orders in their notes
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HSJ Local
Extra community nurses for Staffordshire
WORKFORCE: Sixty nine community nurses have been recruited to work in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
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NewsExclusive: Extra cash must be put into nurse training schemes, says Lord Willis
NHS Employers should plough greater resources into in work training schemes for the nursing workforce, the head of a major review of the profession’s education and training has said.
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NewsExecutive pay rises under fire from Royal College of Nursing
Nurses have attacked rising pay for senior executives by drawing a comparison with the earnings squeeze of frontline staff.
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CommentRun community hospitals as social enterprises and save the NHS millions
A culture driving change
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NewsPlans for nurse staffing data unclear
NHS England has still not worked out how to present trusts’ nurse staffing data on NHS Choices, less than two weeks before it is due to publish the information for the first time.
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HEE 'undervalues' the role of doctors
Health Education England has been accused of undervaluing the role doctors play in the wider NHS after it revealed plans to switch funding to non-medical roles.
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NewsWilful neglect offence to become law by 2015
Wilful neglect could become a criminal offence next year after the government last night tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
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NewsBurnham: Mid Staffs is being used to drive privatisation
The government is using the Mid Staffordshire scandal to soften up the NHS for privatisation, the shadow health secretary has said
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NewsNew scheme to help educate NHS on genetic medicine
Health Education England has revealed a multimillion pound project to prepare the NHS workforce for the advent of healthcare based on advances in genetic medicine.
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CommentTake staff support seriously with Schwartz rounds
Rounds make unbearable aspects of care giving bearable