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Enabling continuous improvement
Trained staff needed to tackle the low organ donation rates in the UK.
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Enabling continuous improvement
Staff not being able to make changes to improve services
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Creating a multiskilled primary care workforce
Administrative staff unable to use skills causing low morale
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Using a whole systems approach to widening participation
Lack of employment opportunities for disadvantaged communities
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Developing clinical support staff
Lack of a career framework for unregistered staff Background: In North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust, it was felt that there was a need for a career framework for unregistered staff in all clinical disciplines to enable them to develop their role more fully and to free up time for professional staff.
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  • Benchmarking
  • Productive ward conference for senior nurses announced
    11 January 2008
    How to get the best use out of benchmarking
    9 October 2006
  • Business and financial practices
  • Guide to help nurses understand NHS business
    4 October 2007
  • Clinical
  • Doctors contribute to new NHS clinical quality measures
    21 November 2008
  • Employee engagement
  • Acas advises employers to focus on employee engagement
    22 February 2010
  • Equality and diversity
  • NHS gender equality guide due out soon
    16 March 2007
    Diversity champion appointed
    16 March 2007
  • Good practice
  • HPMA Excellence in HRM Awards 2011: applications invited
    14 February 2011
    Wales launches code of conduct and code of good practice
    4 February 2011
    Whistleblowing guidance launched
    2 July 2010
    Tool to help managers assess value of physiotherapy
    25 June 2010
    Staff invited to apply for UK Worker of the Year 2010
    10 May 2010
    Health and Social Care Awards for 2010 launched
    10 May 2010
    New centre set up to help improve workforce planning
    1 April 2010
    Leadership challenge workshops for AHPs launched
    1 April 2010
    Guidance coming for PCTs on doctors' knowledge of English
    8 February 2010
    Acute medical unit study shows benefits of more consultants
    22 June 2009
    BDA launches Good Practice Scheme for Scotland
    22 June 2009
    Making sure that doctors provide good quality care
    3 November 2008
    Report finds staffing and teamwork problems still hindering good quality maternity care
    11 July 2008
    Mary Seacole awards closing date extended
    9 May 2008
    Use cognitive tests to select doctors, study suggests
    18 April 2008
    Human resources staff awards announced
    25 January 2008
    London Network launches primary care toolkit
    23 November 2007
    Health Professions Council issues revised standards of proficiency
    9 November 2007
    Advice on banding appeals
    12 October 2007
    New Ways of Working guide
    12 October 2007
    Call for greater service user involvement
    3 August 2007
    Skills for Health sets up extra health awards event
    20 April 2007
    UK employers criticised for poor leadership skills
    30 March 2007
    Bright ideas to improve mental health
    30 March 2007
    Children’s services team win excellence award for cutting their waiting list
    15 March 2007
    OH services get cash boost
    15 January 2007
    NMC calls for new nurse preceptorship
    8 January 2007
    Development needs of community matrons
    13 November 2006
    Why doctors must give better advice to patients
    30 October 2006
    How employers can help local communities
    9 October 2006
    Using AfC to help redesign the nursing workforce
    9 October 2006
    Meeting the needs of gay and lesbian staff
    31 July 2006
    Preceptor scheme for OTs
    31 July 2006
    HPC takes steps to raise AHPs’ profile
    31 July 2006
    Guide to long-term support published
    1 April 2006
    HPC consultation
    1 April 2006
    Doctors are ill-prepared for the reality of NHS practice
    1 July 2005
    Quality indicator data
    1 July 2005
    GP training boost
    1 July 2005
    Standards review
    1 May 2005
  • HR
  • Better staff engagement could improve productivity
    7 July 2009
    More events for employers to discuss regulation with the HPC
    5 December 2008
    People metrics help HR show what it knows about business
    11 August 2008
    HR practices can improve NHS outcomes
    2 November 2007
    NHS Employers announces push to implement KSF
    19 October 2007
    Report stresses the importance of good people management
    19 October 2007
    How can employers meet the challenges set out by the Health Committee?
    15 May 2007
    Can good HR bring about better NHS performance?
    6 May 2007
    The impact of employee satisfaction on services
    6 May 2007
    How will the new ESR payroll system benefit employers?
    26 March 2007
    HR framework criticised
    9 October 2006
    Culture clash in mergers – does it prevent people performing?
    22 August 2006
    Areas identified for HR improvement targets
    14 August 2006
    NHS Institute first report
    17 July 2006
    How to know when firm management becomes bullying
    3 July 2006
    How to develop NHS workforce scorecards
    3 July 2006
    Saving agency costs by using an in-house bank
    3 July 2006
    Guides to prove HR’s value
    19 June 2006
    Top tips on the KSF
    8 May 2006
    HR High Impact Actions
    24 April 2006
    ESR - Just an HR system - or a strategic management tool?
    18 April 2006
    HR Guide published
    1 April 2006
    Key steps to make high impact changes in HR
    1 February 2006
    Key steps to make high impact changes in HR
    1 January 2006
    High impact HR changes listed
    1 December 2005
    High impact HR changes listed
    1 December 2005
  • Innovation
  • Nurse-led excellence recognised with innovation award
    28 January 2011
  • International recruitment
  • NAMPS issue advice paper on immigration
    30 August 2006
    Ethical agencies list published
    1 February 2006
    Recruitment from ‘accession states’ is insignificant
    1 November 2005
  • IT
  • Some voluntary healthcare workforce lack IT and communication skills
    2 November 2007
  • Leadership
  • Skills for Health warns on management and leadership skills gaps
    4 February 2011
    Applications sought for advanced leadership programme
    4 February 2011
    Nursing expert receives prestigious national award
    5 November 2010
    Free seminar on performance managing difficult staff launched
    5 June 2009
    Leadership council launched alongside talent guidance to develop more leaders
    30 January 2009
    Leaders for Change Programme launched
    28 March 2008
    UK employers criticised for poor leadership skills
    30 March 2007
  • Learning and development
  • RCN launches series of eHealth publications
    16 July 2010
  • Management
  • Managing Medical Performance: The relationship with appraisal and revalidation
    1 April 2010
    NHS manager wins Britain’s Best Boss award
    27 November 2009
    Lord Darzi issues pledges on change management
    9 May 2008
    Workforce consultation calls for more support for skills development from managers
    11 April 2008
    Report finds that 'negative' management styles are bad for productivity
    14 December 2007
    Guide to help nurses understand NHS business
    4 October 2007
    Happier hospitals means healthier patients
    7 August 2007
    Managers need more support, says NHS Confederation
    4 May 2007
    Counselling at work could save money
    20 April 2007
    Conflict at work guidance launched
    23 March 2007
    Next set of working time directive pilots launched
    13 September 2006
    Culture clash in mergers – does it prevent people performing?
    22 August 2006
    How to integrate primary care services together
    1 April 2006
    How do you get the right staffing levels?
    1 April 2006
    How are we doing?
    1 April 2006
    Discharge process
    1 April 2006
    Pilot sites set up to cut waiting lists
    1 April 2006
    Management guide
    1 March 2006
  • Midwifery
  • Safety of maternity services under review by inquiry
    25 June 2007
    Midwifery consultation
    1 February 2006
    Independent practice could boost midwifery
    1 August 2005
  • Modernisation
  • Maintain core tasks or lose them altogether, OT conference warned
    2 July 2010
    Motivating staff to introduce a paperless referral system
    29 March 2010
    Most patients starting treatment within 18 weeks of referral
    30 May 2008
    Dramatic improvement in waiting times for tests
    16 May 2008
    Tracking system reduces complaints about nurses
    7 March 2008
    Plans to introduce leeway on 18-week target
    16 November 2007
    Practice-based commissioning has had little impact on working practices
    16 November 2007
    Nearly three-quarters of patients being treated within 18 weeks
    9 November 2007
    18 weeks target ahead of schedule
    11 June 2007
    Rise in training posts
    30 October 2006
    Project to improve clinical services in south east London
    14 August 2006
    Making partnership between patients and doctors a reality
    14 August 2006
    Webscan
    14 August 2006
  • Patient Safety
  • Employers of nurses and midwives get new guide to improve patient safety
    16 April 2010
    Scottish health secretary to visit improvement programme projects
    11 September 2009
  • Personal development review
  • NHS Employers announces push to implement KSF
    19 October 2007
    Job planning support announced
    4 May 2007
    Top tips on the KSF
    8 May 2006
  • Productivity
  • Trusts must focus on doctors’ productivity
    27 April 2007
  • Recruitment and retention
  • Minimise redundancies, says NHS Employers report
    12 November 2009
    NHS Institute first report
    17 July 2006
    Saving agency costs by using an in-house bank
    3 July 2006
    NHS among top employers
    19 June 2006
    Helping mothers to return to work
    8 May 2006
    Success of the return to practice project
    1 November 2005
    Good practice in recruitment and retention policy
    1 October 2005
  • Redundancy
  • Minimise redundancies, says NHS Employers report
    12 November 2009
    How trusts should handle redundancy among key staff
    14 August 2006
    Managing redundancy
    18 April 2006
  • Staff engagement
  • RCN worried about lack of staff engagement in foundation trusts
    4 May 2010
    Staff engagement now a key priority for employers
    7 November 2008
  • Temporary working
  • Using a consortium to reduce agency costs
    1 April 2006