All Workforce articles – Page 457
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Maidstone non-executive directors warn of 'scapegoating'
Three non-executive directors who resigned from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust are to write to non-executives around the country outlining their experience - and warning it could happen to others.
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Close pay gap between acute and PCT chiefs, say managers
The chief executive of Managers in Partnership has called on the government to explain why primary care trust managers are paid less than their acute trust peers.
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In-house turnaround team to cut NHS's £36m consultants' bill
The Department of Health is preparing to launch its own team of troubleshooters to assist NHS organisations facing clinical or financial problems.
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HSJ Knowledge
A personalised input into role redesign
Community support nurses have been adding their input to a role redesign exercise at South Birmingham primary care trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Coping with change in the health service - a guide for managers
The reality of life is not only that change is inevitable, but that the pace of change is increasing and will most likely continue to do so. Chris Howe explains what managers can do to keep their heads above water
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Staff engagement - advice for managers
What can health service managers do to ensure their staff are motivated and engaged? Greg Brown offers some pointers
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Keeping non-executive directors in the NHS game
Non-executive directors in the NHS are increasingly being recruited from business backgrounds. How do they cope with such a different environment, asks Alison Moore
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David Amos on HR reform in the health service
HR reform is sweeping public and private employers - 53 per cent of organisations have restructured their HR function in the past year, and 81 per cent have done so in the last five years
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David Peat on turning health policy into action
One of the eternal dilemmas for a chief executive is to translate the words of policy documents into meaningful action on the front line
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Karen Reissmann
A chief executive who sacked a trade unionist nurse has broken her silence after months of strike action.Sheila Foley, head ofManchestermental health and social care trust, has until now remained tight-lipped about the dismissal of senior nurse Karen Reissman, who says she lost her job for speaking out in her ...
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Clinical leadership narrowly focused - NHS Alliance report
Focusing the clinical leadership agenda on GPs is not enough, a report by the NHS Alliance says.Clinical Leadership for NHS Commissioning looks at how clinicians from a wide range of professions can help redesign and deliver healthcare services and contribute to the commissioning process.
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Pay-offs to managers are 'not a perk'
The NHS must reform the way managers are held to account rather than 'pointing the finger' at those who receive pay-offs, union Managers in Partnership has argued.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.