All Workforce articles – Page 433
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HSJ Partners
Using communication to improve patient safety
Effective communication in hospitals is vital to save lives and ensure patients receive the best care. Clinicians and managers alike should work to hone their skills in this area, as Liza Coffin explains
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Comment
Keith Pearson on non-executive champions
If I were asked to describe the role of non-executive directors in the NHS succinctly, I could do it in two words - local champions.
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News
NHS London chair to step down
NHS London chair George Greener has announced he is to resign from his position for family reasons.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety survey: those in peril
An HSJ poll has uncovered widespread under-reporting of safety failures, while national monitoring processes need a major overhaul. Charlotte Santry looks at the results
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News
Pension help for volunteers
Health workers who volunteer their skills overseas need not lose out on building their pensions, due to a new government support fund. Patricia Sloan explains
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on finding the right career
Reading reviews of Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese's film on the Rolling Stones, is fascinating, especially if you spent your most rewarding parent-taunting moments playing the music of such obvious bad boys.
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News
Career coaching: work-life balance
Jayne Nicholas helps a project manager combine an ambitious work move with her more personal aims and commitments
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Comment
Anne Watts on women in the non-executive workplace
It is a familiar complaint that the boards of many British companies and major public institutions are predominantly white, male and middle class.
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News
BMA staff vote to strike over pay
The British Medical Association, which threatened to lead a doctors' strike, now faces industrial action by its own staff.
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News
More radiologists needed, says BMA
Around 1,300 extra radiologists will be needed in England to meet increased demand for emergency scans and screening, say doctors' leaders.
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News
Inquiry shows gap in paediatric training
Children and young people with life-threatening illness are not being treated appropriately because professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.
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News
Staff payment blunder at United Bristol Healthcare trust
Hundreds of staff at a hospital trust have been left out of pocket after problems introducing the electronic staff record.
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News
National GP assessment to aid choice
Primary care trusts will be able to assess GP practice performance against a national standard for the first time under a new primary medical care provider accreditation scheme
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News
Inquiry reveals gap in paediatric training
Children and young people with life-threatening illnesses are not being treated appropriately because the health professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.
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News
RCP to set out responsibilities of doctors and patients
A Royal College of Physicians working party is being set up to identify more clearly the roles of responsibilities of doctors and patients.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving staff communication
Setting up an online forum is an easy, inexpensive way to encourage better communication among healthcare staff, especially those working different shifts. John Harrison explains
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News
Career Path: leading change in the NHS
Michael Scott's CV reads like a chronology of NHS reforms. So it is not surprising that his next move is into a London PCT. Here, he explains how his career took shape
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Comment
Ken Jarrold on the staff survey
The Healthcare Commission will leave a rich legacy, including the remarkable and powerful staff surveys that have given the people of the NHS a voice to which we should listen.
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HSJ Knowledge
View from the floor: dementia services
Janice Bond is a senior occupational therapist with Sussex Partnership trust. She works on a joint health and social services support scheme for people with dementia
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HSJ Knowledge
Staff development: crack the performance whip
Giving staff feedback on their performance can sometimes feel like making people jump through hoops. But there is an art to it, says Jenny Rogers