Great leaders listen and observe, as well as show self and social awareness.
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A staggering 20% of senior management positions remain empty in the NHS – a figure that goes up to 37% in mental health. As demand for health and social care services go up in a context of recession and…
Bit of bourgeois David?
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A Conservative white paper in 1944 suggested ideas for ‘free’ and ‘comprehensive healthcare – but it was Labour that took the advantage.
Health staff think they can spot the signs but what do they do next?
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Trafficking victims have contact with the NHS but staff need more knowledge about how to refer them for support.
The future may not be as bleak as we thought.
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Five new European studies say dementia occurrence is stable or falling. Our panic may have been unnecessary.
Who’s peeping at your files?
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Repeated data panics have left the public in a state of anger and confusion. How does NHS England fix the problem?
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Take one mental health issue, then add the label of a disorder, then see if therapists apply their own prejudices.
Non-stop demands.
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Making the NHS a seven-day service would intensify the pressure on the groaning social care system.
Blackcurrant cordial?
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After all the unsuccessful years of educating us about drinking units, maybe it’s time to start giving the advice in bottles, glasses and pints.
Pressure building.
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There’s plenty of noise but also some genuine concerns about how the TTIP trade agreement could force healthcare privatisation.
George Osborne detailing some of the cuts to come.
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The UK is witnessing its biggest cull of public sector jobs in half a century and hundreds of thousands of workers must make the transition to the private sector.
He says it’s for safety, but is there an ulterior motive?
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If the relationship between the government and the medical profession is the ‘politics of the double bed’, then this couple are in a rocky patch.
I’d rather be at home.
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Discharging hospital patients sounds easy so why do we get it so wrong?
Trying to find out how money is being spent in your area? It’s not always that easy.
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Groups in charge of the NHS budget for your care should be open, but more often than not it’s hard to tell how your where the money is going.
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Navigating the welfare system is part of the daily work of most health and social care workers – from the therapists advising patients on how to survive a “fitness to work” assessment to the 30% of NHS…
‘We’re not sinking, we’re just naturally low in the water.’
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Declared ‘unachievable’ by a treasury watchdog, the zombie care.data scheme is back and still full of holes.
The NHS needs the locum-otion of temporary staff.
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Spending on temporary staff sparks debate but staff shortages in the NHS means reducing them isn’t a simple solution.
Valuable resource.
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Foreign-born nurses working in the UK do a vital job in the face of discrimination, but their recruitment helps entrench global healthcare inequality.
The icons of state funding could submerge the rest.
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Keeping taxes lower and protecting the government services most dear to our hearts has huge implications for everyone.
Cuts are not quite as advertised.
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Conservative targets for 1% annual savings in the next two years will actually feel like more than 5% for a swathe of government departments.
Be seen but not heard.
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Precarious work is just one of the big issues facing NHS staff.