MSC assistant level worker online survey
Skills for Health have been commissioned by the Modernising Scientific Careers programme to identify existing and potential future roles of assistant level workers in UK Healthcare Science at levels 1 to 5. The closing date is the 27 October 2008.
National Clinical Leads at Connecting for Health - Secondment Opportunities for an AHP & HCS
Further details for the AHP & HCS National Clincial Leads Secondments opportunities. Each role is for a maximum of two years and a maximum of two days per week.
Healthcare Science Awareness Week pre-launch flier
The Department of Health, in partnership with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, will hold Healthcare Science Awareness Week on 6-15th March 2009, with the theme to be launched at the CSO Conference in November 2008.
CSO Healthcare Scientists Research Fellowship Competition launched
Under an initiative led by the Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Sue Hill, a new research fellowship scheme will provide £4 million in funding over the next three years for healthcare scientists to undertake research to improve patient services and treatment.
Modernising Scientific Careers: listening events
The Department of Health has set-up a number of events around the country on Modernising Scientific Careers. All healthcare scientists are advised to attend any local events hosted by their SHAs to find out more about the proposals and how it could affect their profession.
MRSA bloodstream infections continue to fall
The Health Protection Agency has published its latest quarterly figures on MRSA (meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bloodstream infections and C. difficile (Clostridium difficile) infections.
Federation for Healthcare Science: position statement on Modernising Scientific Careers
Modernising Scientific Careers, led by the Chief Scientific Officer, is a key work programme within the Department of Health designed to ensure flexibility, sustainability and modern career pathways for healthcare scientists, fit to address the needs of future NHS.
5th CSO Conference & Awards
With the NHS celebrating its sixtieth anniversary, this year's CSO Conference will be highlighting the contribution of healthcare scientists to its success and looking forward to the science and challenges likely in the next sixty years.
Voluntary Registration Council (VRC) news
The latest newsletter from the VRC, an organisation aiming to lead non-regulated healthcare science professions into statutory regulation via the Health Professions Council (HPC).
Health Professions Council news
The latest newsletter from the Health Professions Council.
3rd annual UK awards for allied health professionals and healthcare scientists
Chamberlain Dunn, publishers of Health Workforce Bulletin and Employing Allied Health Professionals and Health Scientists, have launched the 3rd annual UK awards for allied health professionals and healthcare scientists. Now in its third year the AHP and HS UK Awards have recognised and rewarded numerous projects and professionals that lead innovative healthcare practice and make a real difference to patient lives. The awards promote shared learning and partnership working across the many AHP and HS disciplines and are supported by all four UK health departments, Unite the Union, NHS Employers, GateHouse Training, and the Allied Health Professions Federation. Closing date: 4 Nov 08
HTA Codes of Practice
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has launched a public consultation on our codes of practice. The consultation will run from 1 August 2008 until 14 November 2008.
Agenda for Change (pdf link)
Terms and conditions of service handbook has been updated.
High quality care for all: NHS Next Stage Review final report
Lord Darzi's final report of the NHS Next Stage Review sets out wide-ranging proposals aiming to place quality of care at the heart of everything the NHS does.
Draft NHS Constitution
The proposed NHS Constitution is about safeguarding NHS core principles and values for the next generation, whilst setting a clear direction for the future.
A high quality workforce: NHS Next Stage review
As part of the Next Stage Review, the future of the NHS workforce has been considered. The main findings are in the final report of the review.
Modernising Scientific Careers
Modernising Scientific Careers, led by the Chief Scientific Officer, is a key work programme within the Department of Health designed to ensure flexibility, sustainability and modern career pathways for healthcare scientists, fit to address the needs of future NHS.
Darzi sets out case for NHS development
Changes to the NHS will be locally led, clinically driven and evidence-based, according to Lord Darzi’s report, Leading Local Change, issued ahead of his final report on the Next Stage Review. He outlines five pledges to the public and staff on how the NHS will handle changes to services including a commitment to maintaining existing services until new and better services are available to patients. A best practice guide, ‘Changing for the Better: Guidance when undertaking major changes to NHS services’, is available to all local health services.
Download the best practice guide
Download Lord Darzi’s report
Extending Professional Regulation Working Group Interim Report: Protecting the public by ensuring that workforce standards are met
This interim report outlines progress of the Extending Professional Regulation Working Group. The Working Group are one of the workstreams taking forward recommendations proposed in the White paper 'Trust, Assurance, Safety'
NHS IT skills training available
The European Computer Driving Licence© (ECDL) Service offered by NHS Connecting for Health closed on 21 March 2008, this has now been replaced by the Essential IT Skills (EITS) Programme. This new service will focus on the delivery of two new qualifications, NHS ELITE and NHS Health, both fully accredited by the British Computer Society.
Right to request time off for training unveiled by skills secretary
Workers in England will be able to use a legal right to request time off for training under new measures unveiled by the government today.
NHS Next Stage Review
Challenges for Darzi, an NHS Confederation report published on 14 May, warns that Lord Ara Darzi must learn the lessons of previous poor policy making to ensure NHS reform delivers real and sustainable benefits for patients and NHS staff. The report sets out tests for assessing and developing health policy against which Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review proposals should be judged.
Modernising Scientific Careers news
The UK health departments are currently considering important proposals concerning the redesign and definition of healthcare scientist careers. This quarterly e-newsletter is designed to inform stakeholders about progress in these proposals, termed the Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC) Programme. more...
Our NHS, Our Future: the contribution of healthcare scientists
The meeting was hosted by Professor Sue Hill and the audience consisted of senior representatives of the various professions and representatives (mainly the chairmen of the Clinical Pathway groups) from SHAs across England. more...
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