All Workforce articles – Page 393
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HSJ KnowledgeWorld class commissioning: the human factor
A diagnostic tool boosts organisations’ world class commissioning competencies, says Carol Brooks
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NewsNMC report highlights midwife shortage
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has said the midwifery profession was “still playing catch up” after a report warned Britain’s rising birth rate was leading to a shortage of staff.
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NewsBarking, Havering and Redbridge appoints chairman
Sir David Varney has been appointed chair of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
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NewsUnited Lincolnshire in turmoil as disciplinary action starts
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is in further turmoil after questions over the treatment of the incumbent chief executive and the resignation of a suspended non-executive director.
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NewsBarts chair steps down
Keith Palmer has stepped down as chair of Barts and the London Trust, where he had served since June 2007.
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NewsBoost bonuses for NHS managers says think tank
Top NHS managers should receive annual bonuses of up to £30,000 to encourage good performance, a think tank close to the Conservatives has said.
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Brian James: how to save NHS services in a recession
If politicians want to protect frontline services, they should ask those working there what they should do
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CommentSophia Christie on a crumbling model of healthcare
Much health policy is about achieving a balance. A common tension is that between the popularity of “local” and the necessity of “strategic”.
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NewsMonitor concerned over vacant FT executive posts
Monitor has begun publicly reporting the number of foundation trust board posts left vacant or filled only by an interim.
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NewsMid Staffs looks for courage to confront poor standards
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust chief executive Antony Sumara is convinced its turnaround - after it was branded ‘appalling’ by inspectors - depends on staff becoming brave enough to confront poor standards openly. Dave West reports
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CommentYour Humble Servant: manifest nonsense
‘Imagine - under the Tories, we are going to have new NHS organisations called foundation trusts, a tariff payment process, a choose and book system, a quality and outcomes framework for paying GPs and a formula that channels NHS funds to poorer areas’
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NewsBullied hospital manager awarded £150,000 compensation
A bullied NHS manager who suffered a nervous breakdown is to receive £150,000 in compensation.
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NewsCQC calls in high ranking fixer for ‘chaotic’ trust registration process
NHS East of England chief executive Sir Neil McKay has been brought in to “challenge” the Care Quality Commission as it prepares to register every trust by 1 April.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Three Moves Ahead
Learn business tactics from the chess board, recommends Rupert Wainwright
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NewsNew chief executive for Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust
Managing director of BT Health Sir Jonathan Michael has been appointed as the new chief executive of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS productivity: how to maximise the year ahead
Health and social care services need to fully engage frontline staff, not just leaders, to meet financial constraints while safeguarding quality delivery. Phil Kenmore explains
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HSJ KnowledgeAssessment centres: do your staff measure up?
A London foundation trust used assessment centres to ensure its frontline managers were on-message and up to the job. This is how they did it
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CommentSheila Williams on communication and metaphors
Over the past few weeks, I ran into a brick wall with a project, burned the candle at both ends and then saw the light at the end of the tunnel.
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NewsBME network announces launch conference
The NHS’s national black and minority ethnic network is to mark its launch with a conference later this year.
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NewsAbolishing NHS targets will reduce need for managers, David Cameron says
Abolishing the target culture in the NHS will reduce the need for “managers and bureaucrats”, Conservative Party leader David Cameron has said.