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The NHS workforce

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 ...
In capital health? : creative solutions to London's workforce challenge

Author:

Finlayson, Belinda, Buchan, James, King's Fund, S.H.R.I.N.E. (Network for NHS London Human Resources Managers), North Central London Workforce Development Confederation, North West London Workforce Development Confederation, Gough, Pippa, South West London Workforce Development Confederation, North East London Workforce Development Confederation, South East London Workforce Development Confederation, and Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh

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 ...
Great to be grey : how can the NHS recruit and retain more older staff?

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 ...