Stories on health workers

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- All white now?
  
  New disciplinary procedures may end the costly, distressing situation of suspended consultants waiting years to have their cases resolved – but too many people have already suffered medical racism for too long, reports Aneez Esmail
- A tale of two incomes
  
  Proposals that new consultants work exclusively in the NHS for a fixed period are long overdue, says Peter Fisher
- It’s no longer a case of ‘speak out at your peril’
  
  As the Public Interest Disclosure Act comes into force, Guy Dehn examines the implications for NHS whistleblowers
- Who’d be a GP now?
  
  As the government announces plans to recruit 7,000 more doctors, Sylvia Myerson talks to GPs in training about their changing attitudes to the job
- Thou shalt not disparage another doctor
  
  Recent events in Bristol have brought into question the ability of the medical profession to regulate itself for the public good. In particular, the General Medical Council has found difficulty in putting the interests of patients above those of professionals, argues Jean Robinson
- Strain your ears: you might hear something
  
  It’s funny how people with perfectly good hearing can’t seem to listen to the ideas of deaf people, says Mark Heaton
- A loan on the wards
  
  Changes in nurse training and education have led to a crisis in recruitment and morale, says John Yorston
- Nurses up, managers down?
  
  What’s happening to nurses? The Radical Statistics Health Group have the latest figures
- Operating in the public interest?
  
  Waiting times for appointments in many NHS specialties are increasing — yet the same consultants can be seen privately within a few days. John Yates asks why nobody seems interested in solving the problem
- Harder labour for midwives
  
  Anthea Symonds analyses the events which have lead up to recent calls for strike action by midwives
- Burnley Trust: just about managing?
  
  Recent events in Burnley NHS Trust sound like another tale of ‘macho management’ running amok. But it’s hard to spot the good guys in this particular story, says Alan Walters
- Vocational workers or shirkers?
  
  What’s all the fuss about performance-related pay? Edmund Heery explains the issues behind the headlines
- Too casual by half
  
  The government says the NHS should ‘set an example to other employers’ in creating a healthy workplace. Yet new ‘flexible’ employment practices in the health service will create a low paid, casualised — and unhealthy — labour force, warns Bob Abberley
- Saving jobs, saving lives
  
  Health service cuts don’t just affect patients — they damage the health of whole communities. Frank Chalmers reports on unique research into the wider context of cutbacks
- Looking out for new friends
  
  Nursing in Poland is undergoing rapid change and faces many of the same challenges confronting nursing in Britain. Now Polish nurses are reaching out for international support. Martin Gajos reports
- The right medicine for nursing?
  
  Nursing is changing fast, and runs the risk of fragmenting into a thousand allied professions, says Barry Clifton
- Disempowering the doctors
  
  The power and status of consultants is threatened by developments within the profession itself, as well as by the government’s changes to the NHS. David Gladstone offers a historical perspective
- But will the doctors buy it?
  
  Allowing GP fundholders to purchase community nursing may reverse years of achievement, argues Jean Orr
- Never mind the quality, feel the mix
  
  If skill mix reviews are solely cost-led then care standards will fall, warns Malcolm Wing
- Midwives and medicine: what will the future deliver?
  
  A new, research-based and woman-centred midwifery is emerging from the shadow of medical dominance. But what vision do midwives themselves hold of the future? Jane Muzira reports
- Just part of the job?
  
  Pam Wagstaff looks back on the first year’s work of a project aimed at improving workplace health
- Checking out retail health
  
  Margaret Sharky has been looking into the hazards of life on the shopfloor
- Whose baby is it anyway?
  
  At a time when maternity care is being criticised increasingly for absence of choice and lack of involvement in decision-making, a number of practices in Sheffield are encouraging women to take greater control over their pregnancies. Fiona Brooks explains
- Who’s helping who...
  
  Managers are supposed to help, not hinder nurses’ work. But what is the reality, asks Barry Clifton
- Prevention is better than cure
  
  Simon Pickvance takes a radical look at occupational health
Columns
- It’s time these codes were broken
- A job in the city
  
  Katy Gardner finds life as an inner city GP has been transformed by becoming an employee
- Absolute independence comes at a price
- News from nowhere
- SOS: Save our sanity, salary our service!
  
  An acute shortage of doctors is threatening Rosa’s practice—and her stress level
- Don’t call me customer!
- News from nowhere
- But can the market deliver?
  
  Eric the Heretic bears down on the market niche of ‘independent midwifery’
- Sack the manager!
- Passive smoking is for passive people
  
  Eric the Heretic is fuming at news that a council worker has won £15,000 from her employer in a passive smoking claim
- In sickness, not health
  
  A health service is the last thing we need, says Eric the Heretic
News
Reviews
- Tribes and tribulations
  
  NURSING, MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE
  Anne Williams
  Open University Press, 2000, £16.99
- Look at your back in anger
  
  EUROPE UNDER STRAIN
  Rory O’Neill
  European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety, 1999, £14.00
- Return of a classic case
  
  THE CEREMONIAL ORDER OF THE CLINIC
  PM Strong (edited by Robert Dingwall)
  Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2001, £45
- What’s gone wrong with health care? Alison Hill (ed) King’s Fund, 2001. £14.99
  
  DISABLED PEOPLE AND EMPLOYMENT
  Sally French
  Ashgate Publishing , 2001, £39.95
- Don’t forget the nurses
  
  WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES
  Mike Nolan, Sue Davies and Gordon Grant (eds)
  Open University Press, 2001, £17.99
- White coat, white club
  
  RACISM IN MEDICINE: an agenda for change
  Naaz Coker (ed)
  King’s Fund, 2001, £15.99
- Crossing the (I)Ts?
  
  THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE INTERNET FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
  SS Chellen
  Routledge, 2000
- Committment to caring
  
  NURSING PRACTICE, POLICY AND CHANGE
  Marjorie Gott (ed)
  Radcliffe Medical Press, 2000
- Dial M for medicine
  
  THE TELEMEDICINE TOOLKIT: A workbook for NHS doctors, nurses and managers
  Roy Lilley and John Navein
  Radcliffe Medical Press, 2000
- Beware the juggernaut, my son
  
  THE WHISTLEBLOWER’S HANDBOOK: How to be an effective resister
  Brian Martin
  Jon Carpenter, £10.00
- Take care
  
  TAKING ACTION TO SUPPORT CARERS
  Penny Banks & Colin Cheeseman
  Kings Fund, 1999, £9.95
- Too businesslike by half
  
  The NHS: Myth, Monster or Service? Action Learning in Hospital
  Nelson Coghill and James Stewart
  The Revans Press, Salford, 1998
- The moral maybes
  
  ETHICS AND VALUES IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
  Souzy Dracopoulou (ed)
  Routledge, 1998
- Growing beyond good intentions
  
  DEMENTIA RECONSIDERED: the person comes first
  Tom Kitwood
  Open University Press, 1997, £14.99
  CULTURE, RELIGION AND CHILDBEARING IN A MULTIRACIAL SOCIETY: a handbook for health professionals
  Judith Schott & Alix Henley
  Butterworth Heinmann, 1996, £19.99
- Management roles OK?
  
  HELPING DOCTORS WHO MANAGE: learning from experience
  Judith Riley
  King’s Fund, 1997, £17.00
- Are nurses different?
  
  Nursing History and the Politics of Welfare
  Anne Marie Rafferty, Jane Robinson and Ruth Elkan (eds)
  Routledge 1997, £14.99
- Say it in Spanish
  
  Say it in Spanish: a guide for health care professionals
  EV Joya, ME Villanueva
  WB Saunders, 1996, £11.00
- Who will lead the’primary care-led’ NHS?
  
  MANAGING THE PRACTICE - WHOSE BUSINESS?
  June Huntington
  Radcliffe Medical Press, 1995, £16.50
- NDU view
  
  Interface between research and practice - some working models
  Vaughan B and Edwards M
  Kings Fund Centre, Nursing Development Units, London, 1995
- Conflicting interests in practice
  
  Practitioners and Practices
  Julian Pratt
  Radcliffe Medical Press, 1995, £16.50
- Cut it out!
  
  Private eye, heart amd hip: surgical consultants, the NHS and private medicine
  John Yates
  Churchill Livingstone, 1995, £14.95
- Contradictions in community care
  
  Normality is Hard Work: Trade Unions and the Politics of Community Care
  Mick Carpenter
  Lawrence and Wishart, 1994, £14.99
- Herding cats in the NHS
  
  CONTROLLING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: THE FUTURE OF WORK AND ORGANIZATION IN THE NHS
  Stephen Harrison and Christopher Pollitt
  Open University Press, 1994, £12.99
- Reasons to be cheerful
  
  Nursing development units: work in progress
  G Black (ed)
  King’s Fund Centre, 1992, £10.50
- Middling management
  
  CONTINUITY AND CRISIS IN THE NHS
  Ray Loveridge and Ken Starkey (eds)
  Open University Press, 1992
- Into the big wide world
  
  COMMUNITY CARE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
  Ann Compton and Mary Ashwin
  Butterworth Heinemann, 1992
- Carry on delivering
  
  BIRTH WITHOUT DOCTORS: CONVERSATIONS WITH TRADITIONAL MIDWIVES
  Jacqueline Vincent-Priya
  Earthscan Publications, 1991, £7.95
- Ethics in caring
  
  ETHICS IN NURSING: THE CARING RELATIONSHIP
  Verena Tschudin
  Butterworth Heinemann, 1992
- Looking in on nursing
  
  NURSING A PROBLEM
  Lesley Mackay
  Open University Press, 1989
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