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The HR body representing the NHS is to research the link between staff morale and performance in the health service. The Association of Healthcare Human Resource Management (AHHRM) is leading [...]

The head of HR at an NHS trust, ordered to improve the way it deals with stress by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), has welcomed the intervention. Robert Pascall, [...]

A report of a survey of foreign nurses working in the United Kingdom shows that regulation is needed to prevent their exploitation. Abuses exist in the National Health Service but are much worse in the private health care sector.

This article examines the role of primary care nurses in improving public health services, focusing on the successful use of group work to deal with patient groups that have traditionally had less access to care services. Topics include services for homeless, foreign, mentally ill, and elderly patient groups.

By Penny Wilson An all-party group of MPs led by Baroness Gibson is to investigate widespread staff bullying within the NHS, following a string of complaints to a charitable trust [...]

The BMA revealed last week that it has a database of 865 refugee doctors who want to work in the NHS. The figures, released to mark 'Refugee Week', reveal that [...]

A taskforce is being launched charged with recruiting experienced refugee nurses to plug the NHS skills gap. It aims to make it easier for the thousands of professionally qualified nurses [...]

By Ross Wigham Plans to allow the NHS to recover the costs of workplace accidents could leave employers with a pound sterling150m bill, the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) has warned. [...]

This year promises to be a time of huge change for the NHS as the Agenda for Change programme beds in. Government plans to give top-performing trusts more control over [...]

The National Health Services has pledged to spend 76 million pounds sterling to build workplace child care centers for children of nurses and has supported flexible work hours for parents. Nurses with families discuss their experiences with the National Health Services family-friendly policies.

A survey of British nurses shows that many are still mystified by the new pay system proposed by the government in the 'Agenda for Change' plan. Nursing unions believe the new pay plan is good for nurses and are urging their members to accept the plan, but 45% of nurses surveyed say they are undecided and 34% say they will vote no.

The Government's pound sterling70m childcare strategy is on track to ensure all NHS staff have access to a childcare co-ordinator who can help them meet family needs. Delegates at the [...]

While the prospect of greater autonomy for hospital trusts under the British National Health Service is welcome, the announcement by one hospital chief executive that the post of matron may be eliminated was unwelcome. The matron is a nursing administrator who insure proper procedures and sanitation are being done.

HR professionals in the NHS have welcomed a new job evaluation scheme that will form the foundation of the new Agenda for Change pay system. The Agenda for Change package, [...]

This article examines how job stress impacts the health of nurses, focusing on the National Health Service's stress management program. Topics include stress prevention, coping therapies, and counseling and rehabilitation.

This article discusses the National Health Service's problems addressing the nursing shortage. The author argues the NHS must not only focus on recruiting experienced and well trained nurses, but must also hold on to current staff, utilize their skills efficiently, and provide ongoing career training.

This article examines pay proposals issued by the UK's National Health Service, focusing on the creation of eight pay levels for nurses. Topics include fair pay for nurses, job evaluation methods, and nurse reaction to this pay modernization.

New terms and conditions for NHS staff are close to agreement. Officials for the Government, employers and trade unions told delegates at the conference that the Agenda for Change - [...]

A new course by offered by the British National Health Service helps staff and managers learn to deal with difficult co-workers. The course teaches nurses and other medical personnel to use transactional analysis to find ways to work with a hostile co-worker.

The NHS is using an innovative multimedia simulation tool to prototype and road-test the online arm of its 'bricks and clicks' university, which is scheduled for launch in autumn 2003. [...]

Some nurses choose the independent sector, being agency nurses, vs the National Health Service in the United Kingdom because they expect to earn more. This is not always a valid conclusion. More flexibility is available in the private sector and this can make it possible for a nurse to earn more by taking the less desirable shifts or working more hours. Perks are compared.

The National Health Service (NHS) pension scheme is to come under intense scrutiny as the government embarks on its quinquennial review of the fund. As part of a government initiative [...]

The public sector has moved centre stage with the Government's decision to significantly increase funding, and HR has a chance to seize a major role as issues such as outsourcing, [...]

A new breed of dynamic HRmanagers is making waves in the public sector. Roisin Woolnough talks to three people who are bringing fresh ideas to a county council, an NHS [...]

An NHS trust in Cumbria has appointed two working mothers in a co-ordinator job-share to improve childcare for staff and help get mothers back into work. The North Cumbria Mental [...]

Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey has been chosen as one of six in the country to take part in a pilot scheme which will reward NHS staff with cash bonuses [...]

Staffing levels in the NHS are on the mend, but there is still a long way to go, according to two reports released last week. The NHS Modernisation Board's first [...]

Spanning every area of the NHS, HR is in a position to really make a difference in the bid to improve the service, but individuals need to rise to the [...]

IN THE pay calendar, awards made to doctors and nurses always matter-but none more so than in the run-up to an election for a government pledged to transform the NHS. [...]

The NHS should invest in employee benefits because they are essential to delivering the modern health service, said Lucy Waters, host defence directorate manager at Great Ormond Street Hospital for [...]

STAFF AT NHS trusts consider flexible working and holiday play schemes to be the most useful family-friendly benefits, according to the NHS's Pay & Workforce Research (PWR). Getting on for [...]

`Learning together, the new strategy for education, training and lifelong learning' was launched at the Scottish 1999 Partnership Conference on December 3 last year. The intention is to ensure that [...]

A big question mark is hanging over the future of the General Medical Council after the announcement of sweeping new powers for health authorities to sack failing GPs. The 'tough [...]

The chief executive of the NHS Executive, Sir Alan Langlands, told health service managers in England last week that they must adopt flexible, 'family friendly' working practices. Sir Alan was [...]

Without urgent remedial action there is a danger that the NHS will find itself with a deeply demoralised consultant workforce, with an increasing number seeking early retirement or alternative employment. [...]