All Workforce articles – Page 435
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NHS North East publishes workforce plans
The first major regional workforce proposals published since the next stage review appear to confirm the strong role given to strategic health authorities.NHS North East is creating a new regional-level organisation called NHS Education North East.
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HSJ KnowledgeQuality measures obscure real picture
Bank holidays are peak times for out of hours and other urgent health services. In the run-up organisations work hard to plan capacity to ensure that available resources meet demand.
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NHS work experience: a crucial stepping stone
In the second in our series of work experience diaries, we follow Lyndon, who spent a week at Southampton General Hospital two years ago
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The new NHS leadership challenge
Developing new leaders is a strategic decision not an HR one, argues Chris Roebuck, and line managers should get started right away
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Jenny Rogers on forced fun
I have a memory: my one-year-old child is squatting in the kitchen looking a touch restless. Feeling it my maternal duty to play, I approach with a synthetic 'let's-have-fun' voice.
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NHS Employers elects new policy board members
NHS Employers has elected 10 new members to its policy board, along with a new chair and two new vice chairs.
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Naomi Chambers on grumpy boards
With Lord Darzi's review of the NHS casting an uncertain light on the role of boards, some members might be forgiven for becoming tetchy, mistrustful, grumbling souls who always seem to be on the defensive
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Legislation on international medical graduates
Confirmation that international medical graduates cannot be excluded from training posts will have significant consequences for NHS employers. Afrene Campbell explains
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30 per cent of consultant vacancies are in London - Information Centre
Vacancy rates among consultants in London now account for nearly 30 per cent of all consultant vacancies in England.The figures are part of the NHS vacancy survey published by the NHS Information Centre.
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Medics may lose out on job agency rights
Civil servants are trying to amend a legal 'technicality' that grants junior doctors the same rights as employment agency workers.
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Frank or futile? Health gets the blog treatment
Blogging is increasingly offering a colourful commentary of life in the NHS and writers argue decision makers would do well to pay attention. Jo Stephenson asks if managers should be afraid
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Dragons' Den inspires trusts
I read with interest the item 'PCT 'dragons' hunt fresh ideas'. Last autumn in South West Essex primary care trust provider services, we launched a 'new innovations initiative' which was based on the TV series Dragons' Den. We established our initiative to help with developing a culture of innovation across ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Ambassadors programme boosts health sector training
In September 2007, University Hospitals Bristol foundation trust launched the ambassadors network to support the delivery of the trust's schools liaison programme.
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NHS North West celebrates diversity in the health service
NHS North West has paid tribute to people from black and minority ethnic communities in the region for their contribution to the health service over the last 60 years.
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David Levy on the changing face of clinical leadership
Clinical leadership is changing in response to Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, but the changes have not been uniform across the health community.
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Ken Jarrold on Darzi and nursing
While Lord Darzi's review of the NHS is to be warmly supported, it is astonishing that it contains almost no reference to nursing or to ward and team leaders.
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Solving the patient perception puzzle
A London trust improved patient experiences with dedicated staff - and came up with an award-winning campaign concept. Stuart Shepherd explains
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Darzi workforce plans offer a real chance for staff
Ambitious promises to the NHS workforce have been enshrined in the NHS constitution. Will weasel words help employers dodge the commitments or can bargaining and hard work make them stick?
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Equality lead slams NHS track record
The only equality director at strategic health authority level has called for the NHS to tackle race discrimination by setting ethnic quotas for managers if necessary.
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Positive signs in struggle for race equality
HSJ is right to highlight the challenges in getting more staff from black and minority backgrounds into senior management positions. We at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement recognise this and are far from complacent about what the data shows us.