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Applications are open for the largest ever NHS development programme, aimed at changing the culture of the health service Applications have opened for the largest ever leadership development programme in the world, which is aimed at changing the culture of the NHS. Described as leadership development...
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After saying he would never do medical photography, Jason Candlin has been working in the field for 23 years Describe your role in one sentence I lead a team of medical illustrators providing clinical photography, graphics, video and design expertise to a busy acute trust. Why did you want to work in...
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Changes to public health will increase the professional profile of public health and bring new career paths England's directors of public health now have a new employer: responsibility for the administration of public has been transferred from the NHS to local councils. The move, which was part of...
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People with mental health problems are experiencing less stigma and discrimination, but attitudes of health workers are not improving The Time to Change campaign seems to have made an encouraging impact on attitudes towards mental illness in England. According to independent evaluation of the campaign's...
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At a time when the NHS has to make savings of £20bn, does it really need communications professionals? At a time when the NHS needs to make savings of up to £20bn by 2015, it is understandable that people question the money the NHS spends on public relations. A recent article by the BBC about the NHS...
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We asked healthcare professionals whether they had ever reported serious concerns over the delivery of care. Here is a selection of their answers What the whistleblowers say "I reported clinical concerns and highlighted bullying and victimisation - no action was taken." "They were investigated...
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Our latest survey asked healthcare professionals how ready they thought organisations such as clinical commissing groups and health and wellbeing boards were to take up their new responsibilities. Here is a selection of their answers "I believe that a lot of these new structures will be in place...
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After the Mid Staffs hospital scandal, David Cameron called for a new style of leadership from nurses. Now a new development programme has been launched Last month David Cameron called for a "new style" of nurse leadership in order to banish poor practice from hospital wards and prevent a repeat...
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Wednesday's event could achieve what the government's NHS reforms have not The NHS Change Day on Wednesday has great intentions and a potential to make a real difference to patients, carers and families, and by virtue of this should make health professionals proud to work in the NHS. So far more...
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On Wednesday, NHS staff are being asked to make one change that will improve the health service It is not an exaggeration to say the NHS is under pressure at the moment. As well as financial restraint, increasing health needs and large scale public health issues, healthcare professionals have also been...
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If care is to become more patient focused, the health service needs an improved culture from board to ward Patients should be at the heart of the NHS. This is a familiar message, and one that has been repeated in every major health policy document for more than a decade. A worthy aim, undoubtedly – but...
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Reducing staff numbers will damage performance. Healthcare providers must find ways to utilise workers in a smarter, more efficient way Increased human longevity is one of the greatest advances in civilisation. Over the past 60 years, global life expectancy has risen from 47 to 67. By 2047, there will...
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The number of paramedics has risen dramatically in the past five years in some parts of the UK. How is the service is changing? The paramedic service is changing. The role of ambulance technician – the traditional ambulance driver trained to deliver emergency care – is disappearing and being replaced...
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We must acknowledge that our beloved NHS is lacking the basic humanity of care that we had come to expect At last it has arrived. Robert Francis QC's long-awaited report has been published , passing excoriating criticism of almost all of the main institutions that make up the management, organisation...
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Without immigrant staff, the health service would come to a standstill. So why aren't BME health professionals treated fairly? The NHS was physically and metaphorically built with the help of immigrant workers and professionals from across the world. Thousands of doctors immigrated from India, Pakistan...
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