All Workforce articles – Page 449
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Royal colleges call for more input from doctors at Department of Health
A medical 'vacuum' is being created at the heart of the Department of Health by the exclusion of doctors from key decision making, doctors' leaders have warned.
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Jon Restell on big picture partnerships
In the winter months I need some little fantasies to spice up my working life. Let me share with you just one of many.
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HSJ Knowledge
Dementia care: in search of the person behind the condition
There will be a massive rise in the number of people with dementia in the next 15 years. They will all require a gold standard of person centred care, where they are kept occupied and their identity recognised
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Central pay deals compromise patient care, study claims
Lives are being lost because of the way nurses' pay is negotiated centrally, claims a study for the Centre for Economic Performance and Centre for Market and Public Organisation.
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HSJ Knowledge
It’s all about the individual
This HSJ Award-winning training and quality development programme for educators teaches a thoroughly patient-centred approach. Stuart Shepherd is keen to learn more
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Campaign aims to keep nurses healthy
The Queen's Nursing Institute has launched a campaign that aims to support community nurses in tending to their own health and well-being.
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Connecting for Health appoints clinical leads
NHS Connecting for Health has announced the appointment of two GP national clinical leads.
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Physiotherapists struggling to find work
Half of all physiotherapists who graduated in England in 2007 have been unable to find a physiotherapy job, according to the latest figures from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
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Career Path: making health second nature
Working at the Met Office and Natural England has helped one GP hone his management skills. Here, he charts his career path, explains what he has learned along the way and gives advice to those interested in similar roles
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HSJ Knowledge
Health Foundation leadership awards
The importance of leadership in making hospitals safer and increasing their quality of care has never been more prominent.
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HSJ Knowledge
Business improvement qualification helps lean champions aim higher
Airedale trust's lean champions have earned national vocational qualifications in business improvement techniques, helping them in their drive to eliminate wasteful practices and enhance patient care.
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Try the human touch
Paula Hyde and Ruth Boaden look at how HR managers have an increasingly important role in boosting performance
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Jenny Rogers on skilful networking
A true leadership role involves sensing weak signals from a messy and complex environment, building relationships through informal coalitions across departments and organisations and learning to sell ideas to peers
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Managers who went from Richmond House to the NHS
Life at the top of the health service is enough to make even the toughest go-getter think of quitting, which is what our interviewees did - only to jump back in at a more grass-roots level. HSJ finds out about now and then
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Nursing: reality check for diversity
The Diversity Champions programme aims to turn good intentions into good practice, as Wendy Irwin explains
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Mental health professions - whose job is it anyway?
New professional roles that have come with the Mental Health Act 2007 have been broadly welcomed, despite continuing debate about other opportunities that have been missed. Stuart Shepherd explains
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Age discrimination - are NHS employers at risk of claims?
In cases of compulsory retirement, NHS organisations should provide clear, legitimate reasons for their decisions to avoid future litigation, particularly given the uncertainties surrounding this area of law. Jean Sapeta explains
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In the line of fire
Joining the Territorial Army develops skills such as leadership, communication, initiative and resource control. That’s why the service has much to teach managers, says Paul Gander
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coaching
Paul GanderAs with so many management ideas favoured by the private sector, coaching has been given a warm reception in many parts of the NHS.Coaching associate at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement Sue Mortlock explains some of the changes that have taken place. “Many years ago, it was ...
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Steve Onyett on a network with attitude
Junior health minister Lord Darzi’s interim report on the future of the NHS highlights the importance of effective leadership and stable contexts for service improvement. It would be tragic if we missed this historic opportunity to make the best use of our current understanding of leadership and leadership development.A recent ...