£97 million boost to tackle violence against NHS staff

NHS trusts across England will share £97 million to help tackle violence and abuse against NHS staff , the Department of Health has confirmed.

£29 million will be spent on 30 ,000 safety alarm devices for lone workers...

The importance of being inducted

Starting a new job can be both exciting and daunting, whatever our state of mind. To some individuals, participating in an induction programme can seem tedious and frustrating even though they are designed to be informative and useful, says Paul Mulligan...

E,L&D leads change at Imperial

On 1 st October 2007, St Mary’s NHS Trust and Hammersmith NHS Trust merged creating the trust with the largest financial turnover in the country. This was phase one of two, the second being the integration with Imperial College Faculty of Medicine to create Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust...

Are you prepared for the PRINCE2™ exam changes?

PRINCE2 qualifications have been recognised throughout the UK as best practice in project management for more than 10 years. The practitioner exam format is changing from the essay style examination to an objective test. This will mean that the marking process is speeded up and that the exams will be easier to translate as the demand for the qualification grows globally...

Learning to use technology: using technology to learn

The National Programme for IT is the biggest civilian IT project in the world, aiming to connect every NHS organisation in England and eventually providing linked health records for all 50 million plus NHS patients in England. Whilst the technical logistics of such an undertaking are undeniably impressive, so too is the human dimension...

From floristry to botany

Learning and development is about providing good quality and appropriate learning in a timely fashion to managers and staff as and when they need it. This means moving away from simply providing training to facilitating learning, in its widest possible form, says Mark Cole...

Scoping your future workforce

Imagine a system which offers a way for healthcare managers to identify their ideal workforce, the skills they need to deliver new and emerging services and structure future training and development needs. Does it sound too good to be true? Not according to Christina Pond, executive director of standards and qualifications at Skills for Health...

Students who have difficulties at medical school more likely to face professional misconduct hearings

Doctors who are male, from lower income groups and have experienced academic difficulties at medical school are more likely to find themselves in front of the General Medical Council for professional misconduct, according to new research.

The authors, Janet Yates and David James from the University of Nottingham Medical School, emphasise that this is a small...