Health Manpower Management: Volume 21 Issue 5
Table of contents
Sickness absence and health at work in the NHS
Ian SeccombePresents summary results from two surveys which the Institute forEmployment Studies conducted in 1994 for the Health Education Authority.The first of these surveys reports…
Successful people selection in action
Charles MakAs a people‐intensive industry, the health care service shouldinvest both time and resource in attracting, selecting and retaining itsstaff. Highlights the fact that the…
Career management support for nurses
John Edmonstone, Shirley WattThe downsizing of many areas of the NHS is now affecting nurseeducation as it moves into the Further/Higher Education sector. Manystaff are terminating their employment…
Training needs analysis within the community
T.R. Desombre, L.A. Munro, R. PriestA project was undertaken to provide a description of the trainingneeds of agencies who are partners in the provision of care in thecommunity. In developing the research strategy a…
The health care assistant: professional supporter or budget necessity?
Ivor L. RobertsThe budgets of NHS Trust Hospitals are continually under scrutinyin an endeavour to reduce operating costs. Skill mix, the balance ofprofessional staff to non‐professional staff…
New developments in hospital management
John R. Welch, Brian H. KleinerChanges in the health care environment over the past ten years haveprompted changes in the way hospitals are being managed. The rising costof health care has affected Medicare…
The monitoring and improvement of productivity in health care
Carol Kreitz, Brian H. KleinerConsiders the monitoring of productivity in the health careenvironment. Examines especially the development of a labour standardand a volume indicator. Sees the whole as a…