So, you’ve done it. You’ve typed up your CV. Applied for a new job. Got to the interview and then, success, you have an offer. Great! You pluck up the courage to tell your current employer that you have another offer. Then it comes. They don’t want you to go. They offer you more money, [...]
May 6
NHS management number drop but overall staff increases
Statistics released yesterday by the NHS Information Centre shows that the number of managers and senior managers employed by the NHS decreased in the past year to September 2010. Managers and senior managers total numbers have decreased by 6.2 % since 2009. However, since 2000 this figure has shown an increase of 66.1 % – [...]
Oct 27
REC response to BBC “Inside Out” investigation into agency nurses
The REC has responded to a BBC programme “Inside Out” being broadcast this evening in which an agency nurse is filmed turning off a patient’s life support machine. Commenting on the incident, Tom Hadley, the REC’s Director of Policy and Professional Services said: “The duty of care must be an absolute priority for recruitment agencies [...]
Jul 9
NHS shake-up ‘hands funding powers to GPs’
GP practices are set to be handed responsibility for most health services under ministerial plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS in England. Local trusts and strategic health authorities would be sharply scaled back to make way for their new role. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley believes GPs are best placed to understand patients’ needs [...]
Jul 1
Healthcare recruiters must provide ‘value for money’, says Bupa
As healthcare sector budgets come under increasing scrutiny, recruiters have been urged to provide ‘value for money’ by Nichola Hooper, national resourcing manager at Bupa Care Services. New health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced plans for family doctors to be forced to take back responsibility for out-of-hours care. Budgetary responsibility would then be handed back [...]
