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It’s been just two months since the country’s police officers were told by their bosses to stop harassing press photographers. Now we have AMBULANCE crews trying it instead. Editor Stuart Littleford was out filming with cameraman Paul Bridgeman in Manchester city centre on Saturday night and took shots of a man being put into an ambulance. Continue reading Ambulance service harassing photographers
The Royal Marsden is a National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust in England that specialises in cancer. Situated primarily over two main sites, one in Chelsea and one in Sutton, it also has a number of satellite locations, an area of the business that is being developed. Today, it has a staff of approximately 2,500 all of whom, in one form or another, are responsible for protecting the data they access. Continue reading IronKey Stands Shoulder to Shoulder with The Royal Marsden to Secure Data
Public Health Wales, established as a new NHS Trust in October 2009, was set up to provide professionally independent public health advice and services to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of the population of Wales.1 Continue reading Public Health Wales ' a new body to tackle the public health problems of the Principality
It is a worrying fact that the legislation covering eyesight requirements for driving was set in the 1930s, when driving conditions and cars themselves were radically different from today. At present the only prerequisite for any driver, even those who drive in the course of their work, is to be able to read a number-plate at a distance of 20.5 meters. All this is, however, about to change. Continue reading New driving legislation ' the facts and implications for public sector employers
The Cardiac and Stroke Network in Lancashire and Cumbria has transformed the efficiency of its own operation using Lean methodologies and is now taking the principles of Lean into the clinical environment to help improve patient services. By adopting Lean practices, the Network has dramatically reduced time spent on administrative tasks – releasing more time to spend on supporting frontline services and to increase its workload by more than double by assimilating stroke into its work programme for Lancashire and Cumbria. Continue reading Spreading the lean message
Finnamore, the largest independent specialist healthcare consultancy has appointed clinicians Shirani Rajapaksa and Sam Shah to its consultancy team. London-based Rajapaksa and Shah will join Finnamore’s rapidly growing team of 59 consultants to further increase the company’s level of clinical expertise. Continue reading Finnamore strengthens clinical team
The Leeds Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides services to 572,000 adults, across 62 sites in the Leeds area. The people under its care are vulnerable and the Trust strives to provide the best possible care and support to them. Continue reading Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust Installs Observer Suite for Preventative Network Health
The cost-saving consultancy, who manage the supply of agency workers to several leading care organisations, rebuked the claims made by the Tories, suggesting that temporary workers were crucial during 2009 to keep services running. Continue reading NHS spending on temporary workers far from wasteful' – de Poel
The huge challenges facing the public sector over the next few years to cut spending will regrettably mean redundancies for many public sector workers. Faced with this painful course of action, organisations of all shapes and sizes from local authorities, NHS health trusts and Government agencies will want to make it as painless as possible for all concerned, and do what they can to smooth the path to a new job for their ex-employees. Continue reading How online outplacement will help in tough cost-cutting times
It is doubtful whether any industry has seen more change in recent years than healthcare. Arif Ahmed, Managing Director of ikonami, examines the impact of these changes and how HR and Learning & Development (L&D) professionals in the NHS can better manage organisational development. Continue reading Organisational development in the NHS
Lean methodologies that have revolutionised manufacturing are achieving impressive results in hospitals. Many healthcare managers are using the principles, systems and tools of Lean to stretch limited resources, improve the quality of patient care and safety, eliminate errors, reduce waste, cut delays and reduce the length of patient stays. Continue reading The proven Lean route to healthcare improvement
VENDOR-NEUTRAL consultancies offering low-risk fee structures may be the compromise between long-term sustainability and the need for immediate savings in the NHS- de Poel. Continue reading Vendor-neutral consultancies with low-risk fee structures are compromise the NHS needs
COST-SAVINGS, increased human resources support and reduced bureaucracy, have been recognised by the NHS as positive results of outsourcing recruitment processes. A new scheme launched by NHS Employers is one of several offering organisations the chance to save millions of pounds by taking on some of their recruitment hassles and CRB checks, freeing up money, time and resources for other things. Continue reading NHS recognises value of recruitment outsourcing
One of the UK’s most prominent stop smoking campaigners has joined Knowsley Health & Wellbeing to head up its work in helping locals to kick their smoking habit. Continue reading Knowsley appoints Christine to push smoking pledge
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