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Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2004
Abstract:: Improving health and social care is a political priority in the United Kingdom. Boosting the number of health care workers and making better use of their skills are central objectives of the Government's plans for reform. However, recruitment and retention are major problems for the NHS, particularly in inner cities ...

Author:: North West London Workforce Development Confederation, Buchan, James, S.H.R.I.N.E. (Network for NHS London Human Resources Managers), King's Fund, Finlayson, Belinda, South West London Workforce Development Confederation, Gough, Pippa, South East London Workforce Development Confederation, Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh, North Central London Workforce Development Confederation, and North East London Workforce Development Confederation
Publication date:: 2003
Abstract:: This new policy paper, which follows up an interim report published in 2002, aims to take a fresh look at the issues facing planners, policy makers and managers responsible for maintaining and developing the health care workforces in London, and to tease out some of the opportunities, as well as ...

Author:: Meadows, Sandra and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: This research summary examines a key aspect of NHS staffing: that of the loss of experience from health services as older staff, who are valuable and much needed, leave early in ever-increasing numbers. With a workforce where about 150,000 of the one million employed are aged 50 or over, and ...

Author:: Smith, Judith, Temple, John, London Commission (King's Fund), Ham, Chris, and Health Services Management Centre (University of Birmingham)
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This paper examines four major policy developments which are forcing changes in medical staffing arrangements and also in the reconfiguration of clinical services within and between hospitals. These developments are the primary care-led NHS, the New Deal on junior doctors' hours, the Calman report on specialist medical training and the ...

Author:: King's Fund and Meadows, Sandra
Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: This is the executive summary of a research summary which examines a key aspect of NHS staffing: that of the loss of experience from health services as older staff, who are valuable and much needed, leave early in ever-increasing numbers. With a workforce where about 150,000 of the one million ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Hutt, Ruth, and Buchan, James
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: The specific dynamics of the London health care labour market, and the challenges they create for recruitment and retention, were highlighted in the 2003 King's Fund report 'In Capital Health?'. In the 18 months since, a number of important and far reaching changes have been initiated across the NHS. This ...

Author:: King's Fund, Evans, David, and Buchan, James
Publication date:: 2007
Abstract:: Agenda for Change is the most ambitious pay reform introduced into the NHS. In addition to simplifying the system of pay, its objectives were to improve the delivery of patient care as well as staff recruitment, retention and motivation. This paper examines progress in implementation based on interviews with key ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Gregory, Sarah
Publication date:: 2009
Abstract:: General practice has changed considerably over the past decade. Practice size has increased, the workforce has grown and become more diverse, the range of services offered has expanded, and the contracting and financing arrangements for GPs have changed. Current government policy aims to improve access and choice for patients, to ...

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