All Workforce articles – Page 293
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Blogs
Money can't buy an all-star team
High-performing teams are rarely created but they evolve when all memebrs share responsibility, support their colleagyes and take it in turns to lead
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HSJ Local
Harrogate and District introduces workforce management system
COMMERCIAL: Harrogate and District Foundation Trust has introduced a new workforce management system, called Smart.
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NewsMany public health posts left unfilled
Almost a third of public health director posts could be unfilled when councils take control of the £2.7bn service in April, according to research by the Association of Directors of Public Health.
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NewsRCN accepts Agenda for Change proposals
The Royal College of Nursing council decided yesterday to accept plans put forward by NHS Employers to reduce terms and conditions for NHS staff across the country.
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NewsFailed NHS managers could face blacklisting
Ministers are considering creating a “blacklist” of NHS managers who preside over failure and would be prevented from working in the health service again, HSJ understands.
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HSJ KnowledgeBreak away from 'heroic' leadership
The peloton shows competition and cooperation can go together in the NHS
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HSJ Local
Interim CEO to cost trust more than £800 a day
FINANCE: The University Hospital of North Staffordshire will pay its new interim chief executive £211,000 a day.
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Blogs
Is it harder to be an honest senior manager in today’s NHS?
League tables, naming and shaming and austerity have put more pressure on managers in the public sector, making if difficult for some to remain honest and open.
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HSJ KnowledgeUnlock potential with clinical senates
A prototype clinical senate explored the issues the real organisations will face
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NewsHospital trusts lack 'top drawer' leaders
The NHS’s ability to make significant savings over the next two years through service change could be limited by its problems recruiting “top drawer” hospital leaders, the health service’s chief executive has suggested.
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NewsAnalysed: The renegotiation and future of junior doctors' contracts
This week’s HSJ Local briefing looks at the potential impact of the renegotiation of junior doctors’ contracts on employers and doctors, with initial talks possibly beginning as early as February or March
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NewsJunior doctor contract negotiations 'will miss government deadline'
Plans to renegotiate the junior doctors’ contract are unlikely to be completed by the April 2014 deadline set by health secretary Jeremy Hunt, HSJ has been told.
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NewsTrust failed to check paediatric staff criminal records for three years
Managers at Barts and the London Trust were unable to guarantee paediatric staff had passed Criminal Records Bureau checks for three years, following a series of human resources failings, HSJ has learned.
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Blogs
Leadership lessons from the Thin White Duke
The NHS is seeking to revive a familiar refrain with a return to “heroic leadership”.
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NewsNicholson 'really sorry' for HR problems
NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told HSJ he is “really sorry” for the poor experience suffered by NHS staff whose jobs are under threat as a result of the reforms. However, he claimed that given the scale of the change, the human resources pprocess had been ...
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NewsSir David embraces partnership but 'hasn't given up on grip'
The NHS commissioning board will not operate a “hierarchy of deference” but its chief executive has not “given up on having a grip”.
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NewsNicholson argues he should survive to implement Mid Staffs recommendations
NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson believes he should survive any criticism levelled at him by the forthcoming report into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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LeaderA perfect storm of NHS scrutiny
The quality of care in hospitals will come under fierce scrutiny after the Francis report is published
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HSJ KnowledgeTelling tales could cut complaints
Patient Feedback Challenge aims to improve the patient-staff relations
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CommentThe profitable prize behind pension reform
Radical changes to pensions enable the government’s goal for the NHS