All Workforce articles – Page 375
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CommentThe bones of a PCT recovery plan
PCTs’ plans for the tough times ahead need both the right ‘anatomy’ and ‘physiology’
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NewsNHS leaders ‘must support’ clinical practice change
NHS leaders are being urged to support changes to clinical practice it is hoped will save more than £9bn a year.
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HSJ KnowledgeEuropean working time directive
The story of how the European working time directive was implemented successfully at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsSHAs told to step up NHS talent hunt
An HSJ analysis has uncovered large regional variations in the amount being invested in NHS talent and leadership.
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NewsDo not cut specialist roles, warns SHA chief
Specialist members of the NHS workforce must not be sacrificed in order to find efficiency savings, a government advisor and strategic health authority chief executive has warned.
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NewsSugar banned from hospital vending machines
Sugar has been banned from coffee and tea vending machines in hospitals across Wales as they pose a “risk to health”, according to NHS chiefs.
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NewsForeign doctors 'must speak good English'
Poorly trained overseas doctors who cannot speak good English must not be able to treat patients in the UK, a doctors’ leader has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to be an NHS change leader
The success of a change initiative relies on strong leadership from chief executives - so how do you make that happen, asks Chris Roebuck
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NewsThird of operating time lost to late starts and early finishes
Acute foundation trusts lost a third of their operating theatre time to late starts and early finishes by the clinical teams, according to research presented by the Foundation Trust Network (FTN) at the NHS Confederation annual conference.
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NewsC diff target increased to 50% in Scotland
NHS boards in Scotland are being asked to meet an increased target in the reduction of over-65s catching Clostridium difficile in their hospitals - placing the figure now at 50%.
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NewsObama’s ‘chief mobiliser’ working with NHS
The man behind Barack Obama’s presidential election campaign is working with the NHS Institute on a campaign to engage frontline staff on improving productivity.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe journey to the job of NHS chief executive
Research among chief executives pinned down the aspirations as well as the accomplishments that lead to the top, say Linda Barber and Carol Pickering
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NewsProductivity gains unlikely without clinician 'buy in' and better information
Improving information quality and getting clinicians “on board” are crucial if the NHS is to improve its productivity, a management consultant has warned.
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NewsManagers need to be 'open' with staff about redundancy risk
NHS managers must be honest with staff about the possibility of redundancies when they talk to them about the need to improve productivity, workforce experts have told delegates.
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NewsRose Gibb wins £175k appeal
Rose Gibb is £175,000 better off today after the Court of Appeal ruled the former chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust should be paid her severance deal.
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NewsManagers must not underestimate effect of EU law
NHS managers should not underestimate the effect EU law could have on the supply and organisation of their services, a NHS Confederation session was told.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Awards 2010: Workforce Development
Take a look at last year’s winners to help you put together a winning entry
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LeaderLansley must keep information flowing while NHS targets ebb away
Andrew Lansley’s keynote speech at this week’s NHS Confederation conference could be the largest audience of health service managers he will ever address as health secretary.
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NewsMiddle managers biggest losers in training squeeze
Operational managers will be the biggest NHS losers as the spending squeeze shrinks career development funds, according to a survey shared exclusively with HSJ.
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News‘HCAs can help boost satisfaction ratings’ claim
A three-year study into the role of healthcare assistants funded by the Department of Health suggests their strong connection to patients can help trusts improve satisfaction ratings.