All Workforce articles – Page 472
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Health visitor role under review
Health visitors should lead and deliver a renewed child health promotion programme and provide intensive early intervention and prevention for families most in need of help, according to a review of the role.
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Myth-buster: staff famine
In the second of a new series, Stephen Black challenges another NHS untruth
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Practice-based commissioning: a potent remedy
Look at the positive elements and get practice-based commissioning rolling, urge Michael Dixon and colleagues
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More trusts fail to meet hygiene code
The Healthcare Commission has said more trusts are declaring non-compliance with its hygiene code than did last year.
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Connecting for Health chief quits
Chief executive of NHS Connecting for Health Richard Granger has announced that he plans to quit his post to return to the private sector.
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Health managers receive birthday honours
A number of senior managers and leaders in the health service have received honours in the Queen's birthday honours.
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Helen Bevan on freeing up your time
'The leaders we studied typically spent 70 per cent of their working lives in meetings. Yet only 36 per cent of attendees made a significant contribution to the meetings'
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Jenny Rogers on asking for feedback
'It may be true that I seem bullying,' one client informed me, 'but this is just firm management in action'
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Charity reports on homophobia in the NHS
The experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual NHS employees have been published by the charity Stonewall.
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Diabetes fact sheet to help health professionals
The National Diabetes Support Team has published a fact sheet to help health professionals plan the care of people with the condition.
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Report addresses fairness in the NHS
The British Medical Association has published a report on how the NHS can ensure disabled people are treated fairly.
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Why the NHS should support refugee healthcare professionals
The NHS must do more to reduce the waste of talent and opportunity that high unemployment of refugee healthcare professional represents, argues Maeve Keaney
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Strengthening the role of managed clinical networks
A new document from the Scottish Executive Health Department reiterates the core principles underpinning the development of managed clinical networks and covers issues such as integrating such networks.with other NHS bodies, leadership and management, patient and carer involvement, accreditation and information technology.
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Anaesthetists' network opens
A new network has been established as a resource for NHS.anaesthetists ito discuss topics related to hip fracture.
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MPs claim temp nurses mask poor management
Managers are attempting to 'mask' poor workforce planning by over-spending on temporary nurses, according to an influential MP.
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Trusts to be held to local promises, says NHS chief
Primary care and acute trusts are to be held to account for the promises they make to their local populations, according to NHS chief executive David Nicholson.
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Hammersmith Hospitals trust appoints interim chief
Derek Smith, chief executive of Hammersmith Hospitals trust, will leave the organisation at the end of the month to become a healthcare consultant. Mark Davies will become interim joint chief executive of the trust along with St Mary's Hospital trust.
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NHS delivers £500m surplus
The NHS has reported a £500m surplus for 2006-07, according to figures published today by the Department of Health.
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Study probes mental health in the workplace
A new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Active Health Partners claims that mental ill health is the second largest cause of time lost due to sickness absence in UK organisations.
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Healthcare Academy appoints new manager
Sarah Ellis has been appointed manager of the Lean Healthcare Academy.