All Workforce articles – Page 427
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Health students consider quitting over debts
Over half of all students training to become members of professions including nursing, midwifery and occupational therapy are considering quitting their studies due to debt, according to a survey by Unison.Ninety per cent of respondents believed health students should be paid a salary. Mature students with children and students from ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Championing NHS work experience
An innovative and award-winning work experience programme in Kensington and Chelsea is delivering benefits to the NHS, local authority and local community
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HSJ Knowledge
Clinicians and managers: vive la difference
Clinicians and managers may have very different perspectives, but this can be viewed in a positive light, says Jacky Eyres
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Steve Field on the case for a GP-led health service
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS advocates a healthcare system led by clinicians and centred on patients - and rightly so.
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Ali Mohammed on caring for NHS staff
Having just returned from holiday, I am once again struck by how much attention goes into the little things done by industries that focus heavily on customer care.
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HSJ Knowledge
Dealing with misconduct - know the law
Managers in charge of performance management and misconduct procedures need to be aware of potential problems and how to avoid them. Iain Patterson explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Making internal communications work
Communicating effectively with staff can head off PR disasters and help trusts take advantage of their best ambassadors, says Lyn Smith
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Comment
Jo Davis on balancing an NHS board
Board dynamics are potentially the most powerful, unseen and misunderstood force influencing a trust's decision-making and strategy.
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Managers must listen to nurses
It seems managers are realising that what has been tried with clinical staff is not so good when applied to themselves.
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Incentives needed for GP expansion
Incentives must be in place to ensure the hundreds of extra GPs who gain first year training posts next year stay in the workforce, a senior analyst has warned.
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PCTs dispute discrimination findings
A massive gap in spend between white patients and those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds has been exposed in figures given to HSJ.
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NHS Confederation delays chief executive interviews
The NHS Confederation has delayed interviews for the post of chief executive after candidates dropped out at the last minute.
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Working group on women in medicine holds first meeting
The first meeting of the national working group on women in medicine took place this week.
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Kevin Fickenscher on collaborative IT leadership
When the NHS was created 60 years ago, no-one could have imagined the groundbreaking work the service does today, or even the role technology plays in enabling clinicians to deliver care.
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Trials offer support to staff with depression
A tool for supporting staff with depression is being tested with employers including the Department of Health, Kent County Council, Oxleas foundation trust, the Royal Mail and Tate & Lyle.
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HSJ Knowledge
Temporary health workers' rights
Granting rights to agency workers will have implications that managers will need to get to the bottom of, says Janet Martin
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HSJ Knowledge
Lean thinking: get your house in order
Steve Humphries, David Newby and Christine Vize ask whether techniques from manufacturing can improve healthcare provision
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HSJ Knowledge
On course for clinical leadership
The chief medical officer's four clinical advisers explain their role and how it is helping to embed medical leadership in the NHS
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TUC warns of workplace bullying
One in seven workers say they have been bullied in their current job, with more people complaining of bullying in the public sector, according to a YouGov poll conducted for the TUC.General secretary Brendan Barber said: 'Every organisation needs to have an anti-bullying policy, and every manager should ensure that ...
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Unite members canvassed on industrial action
Members of Unite, the country's largest union, are being canvassed on a menu for industrial action to reverse the government's stand on below-inflation pay awards for NHS staff.