All change at the NHS as new innovation institute takes control of health service training.
Training policies
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Chartered Management Institute launches programme to promote manager's skills for success in public service.
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Michael Ode, training and development manager at GlynWebb, concentrates on giving staff the skills to get ahead
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Increasingly employers are working with union learning representatives to boost skills acquisition in the workplace
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Plans for trained paramedics to treat patients on the spot, rather than taking them by ambulance to hospital, have come under fire from union leaders.
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Network Rail is having to re-skill the 15,000 employees it took in-house from maintenance contractors in 2004 after finding that they had a “varying level of competency”.
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Nearly two-thirds of employees are not being given the opportunity to live up to their potential in the workplace, according to a study.
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Four-step 'customer care' programme aims to improve patient experience in NHS.
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Retail union Usdaw has launched an in-store learning partnership with Sainsbury's, offering training in areas such as IT, literacy and numeracy.
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Unions have slammed Conservative plans to scrap the union learning fund, which helps workers access basic skills courses.
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TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has criticised Conservative leader Michael Howard's attack on public services and his planned "quango cull".
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Less than 10 per cent of UK organisations run a professional development scheme for their IT staff, according to research...
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Failing to ensure that temporary staff sign IT policy and procedure statements could cost organisations dear.
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The Conservatives have vowed to pay students up to £2,000 to take up under-subscribed university courses such as chemistry, physics,...
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A new report says voluntary sector organisations need to be encouraged to budget for the cost of training and development...