Management
Women more likely to be depressed by working longer hours
Women working more than 55 hours every week are more likely to become depressed than those who work a standard, 40-hour week, a new study keep reading
Management
Management
Stripping Capita of cervical screening contract ‘only right’, BMA says
Following the scandal last year, which saw over 43,000 women not send their smear test information, Capita has been stripped of its contract Capita is keep reading
Management
NHS England cannot train enough GPs and nurses to fill gaps, think tanks say
As reported by the BBC, a trio of think tanks have stated that the NHS has no chance of taking on enough GPs and nurses keep reading
Management
New recruitment scheme inspires hope for rural healthcare in Wales
A scheme intended to give medical students hands-on experience of working in rural healthcare environments hopes to improve the recruitment crisis in the area As keep reading
Live it
The benefits of mentoring
Could mentoring help you break free from workplace stress? A new article in the Harvard Business Review by authors Michael Gill and Thomas Roulet suggests keep reading
Management
Wales to introduce first GP locum register
Wales will soon be the first UK country to introduce a GP locum register Earlier this week, it was announced that Wales would be the keep reading
Management
Will large scale primary care services work?
The NHS Long Term Plan includes the intention to mandate GPs to work in primary care networks of 30-50,000 patients – but does the model keep reading
Management
Are GPs getting a bad press (by the press)?
In a new research paper, University of Oxford researchers Eleanor Barry and Trish Greenhalgh describe how the UK national press is unfairly treating primary care. keep reading
Management
Scotland’s school pupils invited to consider NHS careers
As reported by Press and Journal, Highland pupils were invited to learn about healthcare careers at a recent Inverness event School pupils in Scotland were keep reading
Compliance
Excessive and normal – finding the perfect overtime balance
The issue of working late can be a sensitive one within many businesses, as the line between flexibility and unhealthy overtime becomes increasingly blurred. Tina keep reading