All Workforce articles – Page 462
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BMA elects new international committee chair
The British Medical Association has elected Dr Terry John, a GP in Walthamstow in north London, as chair of its international committee.
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Simon Stevens on the spending review's hidden shallows
Although comprehensive spending review negotiations consume hundreds of person years in Whitehall, this effort is largely pointless, argues Simon Stevens
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Employers praise proposal to overhaul workforce planning
NHS Employers has welcomed Lord Darzi's proposal to overhaul workforce planning.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health at work: down should not mean out of a job in the NHS
People with mental health problems often get chewed up and spat out of work. The NHS can lead the way in breaking a vicious circle that has a high price for both employee and employer, says Steve Shrubb
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PCT denies new director has conflict of interest
Hampshire primary care trust has appointed a new director of commissioning - on secondment from commissioning firm Humana.
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Confed tells clinicians to stand up for sacked chief executives
The head of the NHS Confederation has called on clinicians to 'march on the street' if their chief executives are sacked.
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Healthcare Commission lists a catalogue of failings in handling of C difficile outbreaks
A Kent trust has been slated by the Healthcare Commission for failing to protect patients against infection.
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Report questions strategic health authorities' role in junior doctor 'crisis'
An independent inquiry into the junior doctors' recruitment 'crisis' has called for a national committee to scrutinise strategic health authorities' workforce planning.
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Managers stuck in the middle feel pressure from all sides
Middle managers feel stressed. Constant firefighting and balancing conflicting demands of senior management and junior staff are just two of the reasons - but most still enjoy their jobs. Nigel Edwards and Claire Mallett analyse an HSJ and NHS Confederation survey
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BMA dubious about screening every patient
The British Medical Association has called for 'hard data' on the effectiveness of screening all hospital admissions for MRSA.
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Stressed middle managers want better-defined roles
Middle managers feel anxious at work and are unclear what their employers expect of them, a joint HSJ/NHS Confederation survey has revealed.
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Wales to launch physiotherapy programme
Chief medical officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell has announced a new drive to tackle Wales' most common chronic disease.
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Call to end racism in the NHS
On World Mental Health Day, black and minority ethnic leaders have called for service reconfiguration and training to end racism in the NHS.Mental health charity Mind polled 49 stakeholders from the BME Network on the state of mental health services for BME communities today.
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Joint Medical Consultative Council appoints chairman
The Joint Medical Consultative Council has appointed a new chairman.
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment and Retention
Judges described the winner as an impressive partnership between health and local government that addressed both long and short-term recruitment issues. They praised the focus not just on healthcare but on community benefits, providing real opportunities for staff development and progression
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Tooke reports on doctors' training
Modernising Medical Careers does not provide doctors with enough broad experience by encouraging them to specialise early in their careers, according to an independent report on the system.The Tooke report says it does not allow for enough flexibility to meet the system's needs and calls for it to undergo fundamental ...
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Skills development
Winner The DESMOND CollaborativeA self-management education programme for people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes was developed.The DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) Training and Quality Development (TQD) Programme is delivered by two trained health care professional educators to a group of patients over two ...
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wales violence
The Welsh Assembly has set up a task force to tackle violence and aggression against NHS staff.Its remit is to improve information sharing, incident reporting and the way the service works with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.The taskforce, to include union representatives, will also look at what guidance ...
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Doctors' contract survey launched
The British Medical Association has launched a survey to seek the opinions of staff grade and associate specialist doctors on new contract proposals.
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Leicester interim chief
An interim chief executive is to be paid£33,000 a month to run a hospital trust – thought to be one of the highest salaries the NHS has ever offered.Consultant Derek Smith, brought in at University Hospital of Leicester trust following the resignation of Peter Reading last month, is to be ...