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by Personnel Today 9 Nov 2004
by Personnel Today 9 Nov 2004

Fast-track scheme to push talented doctors to top

Young doctors could be consultant surgeons by the time they are 31 under new fast-track training programmes to be introduced next year. Instead of the current ‘time-based’ system of training, the new curriculum will be based on the acquisition of agreed competencies. Hugh Phillips, new president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said: “The aim of training is, and will continue to be, to produce individuals with knowledge and skills to allow them to practice within a defined clinical framework, working as a member of a consultant team. There are too many talented surgeons-in-training stuck at the senior house officer grade. Not only is this wasteful of human resources, but it makes for an insecure and difficult time at a crucial stage in the surgeon’s career. The new scheme will recognise excellence rather than reward time-serving.”

Standard for management and leadership launched

The Management Standards Centre (MSC), part of the Chartered Management Institute, has launched new national occupational standard for management and leadership in response to Government-backed studies showing that poor management is holding back the UK economy. The standards, launched following a two-year review, have been developed to provide a set of best-practice guidelines for management and leadership development across all industry sectors. Subjects include change management, customer service, delivering equality of opportunity and team leadership. Ivan Lewis, minister for skills and vocational education, said: “These new standards will help employers recruit and train the two million new managers they need by 2012.” www.management-standards.org

IT expansion exposes skills gaps in UK workforce

Employers are experiencing the first signs of a new IT skills shortage as businesses begin stepping up investment in IT systems after four years of belt tightening. An estimated 15,000 businesses in the UK face difficulty filling their IT vacancies, according to an analysis of supply and demand published last week by sector skills council E-Skills UK and analyst firm Gartner. The problem will get worse unless there is a concerted effort by the Government, employers and universities to transform the way IT professionals are trained and supplied, the research said. The survey, of 3,200 businesses, found that even though the recovery in the jobs market is still at an early stage, more than a third of employers with IT vacancies have had difficulties finding people to fill them.

Guidance for Jobcentre staff to get refugees in work

The Government is to offer Jobcentre Plus staff training on how to best help refugees looking for work. Jane Kennedy, minister of state for work at the Department for Work and Pensions, made the announcement at the World at Work conference held by the Employability Forum, which advises the government on refugee policy. She said the ‘refugee operational framework’, to be launched next month, would help staff understand more about refugees and how to support them. “It can take some refugees a long time to find that first job,” Kennedy said. Most refugees want to contribute positively to the economy and to British life, she added. “A proper welcome means showing an interest and making sure they feel comfortable, that they are being taken seriously and that they know they will be given help if they need it,” she said.

For more in-depth training news and features see the next issue of Training Magazine, with the 16 November issue of Personnel Today



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