All Workforce articles – Page 454
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HSJ Knowledge
Geriatric medicine: changing staff attitudes
Too many NHS staff are prone to ageism and reluctant to work with the elderly. In an ageing population, it's time they changed their attitudes, says David Oliver
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News
Sir Liam blames overseas applicants for junior doctor crisis
The chief medical officer has batted off calls to resign over junior doctors' recruitment, blaming the crisis on a surge of overseas applicants.
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News
Consultants' contract offers no productivity gains, say MPs
There have been 'no measurable improvements' in productivity as a result of the 2003 NHS contract for consultants, MPs have concluded.
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News
Consultant recruitment under review
Scottish health and well-being secretary Nicola Sturgeon has launched a consultation aimed at improving the process for recruiting consultants.
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News
No to 'dumbed down' doctors
The British Medical Association has rejected Professor Sir John Tooke's proposal for a new grade of NHS doctor below that of consultant.
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News
consultants contract
NHS managers were ‘left in the dark’ over what the government wanted from the consultants’ contract, a damning report has found. The Commons public accounts committee report says consultants are working fewer hours than they did under the old contract even though their pay has gone up by 27 per ...
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News
Clinicians excluded from PCT decisions
Primary care trusts are flouting Department of Health Guidance intended to boost clinical involvement in commissioning and strategic development, a survey by the NHS Alliance has found.
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HSJ Knowledge
Raj Persaud on cognitive dissonance theory
NHS managers should be aware of a famous theory in social psychology called cognitive dissonance. It has become one of the most dominant ways of accounting for many puzzling behavioural phenomena in the world of academic psychology, yet it remains relatively obscure outside the field.
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News
DoH leaflet addresses workforce issues
The Department of Health has published a leaflet on workforce issues related to achieving the 18-week waiting time target.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managers in Partnership: state of the union
Two years after its birth, the association representing NHS managers has made admirable strides but it still has a long way to go as it tries to boost their poor public image. By Helen Mooney
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HSJ Knowledge
Raj Persaud on how cognitive dissonance affects managers
For NHS managers it is important to get a handle on the famous social psychology theory of 'cognitive dissonance'
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment advertising - the rules of attraction
Attracting the best applicants to a post is skilful work in itself. Stuart Shepherd talks to some top recruitment agencies
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News
Doctors demand 'revolution' to increase part-time posts
The NHS will need to undergo a 'cultural revolution' if the government gives millions more parents the right to work part-time, doctors have warned.
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News
MP demands severance deal figure
A Conservative MP is demanding the Department of Health discloses the severance settlement paid last month to Mark Rees, the former chief executive of Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals trust.
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Comment
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on clinician-led management
Why don't we accept the need for inspiring leaders, wherever they come from?
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News
Systems blamed as North Bristol trust workers overpaid
A hospital trust that overpaid staff by £160,000 has blamed teething problems with the new NHS-wide electronic staff record system.
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News
Unions fear precedent in FT pay battle
A hospital's refusal to adopt a national pay agreement has raised questions over the limits of foundation trusts' independence.
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News
All non-executives resign from infection-hit Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
All the non-executives of a trust at the centre of an infection control scandal have left.
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News
3,000 staff to get performance bonus
Staff from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital foundation trust have each been awarded a £100 bonus to celebrate the organisation's excellent performance.
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News
'Incompetence' over junior doctors
The Conservatives have accused the government of incompetence following news that there will be three applications for every training place for junior doctors this year.