Clinical governance

Despite high-profile cases of general practitioners suffering from stress and addictions to alcohol and drugs, there is still no national OH service to call on for information and advice. By John Lehane and David Riley

Clinical governance has been adopted in the NHS to help ensure quality of care and standards for practice. And it can provide many benefits to OH practitioners working within non-NHS settings as well.

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The current OH job market may be buoyant, but do fully-qualified OHAs have
far more opportunities than those with experience,...

How reflective practice has been adopted within a variety of workplaces to help illustrate its value for OH

The 10 NHS trusts awarded foundation status at the end of March had to
submit an HR strategy as part...

Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the
processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve...

Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the
processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve...

This
month’s e-leaning mews in brief
UK
eUniversities has launched a new BSc third-year top-up degree in Health
Sciences developed...

When a team of podiatrists complained of work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD), an OH nurse carried out a survey to investigate the source of the problem

Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the processes
by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve...

This article examines new RCN training guidance - both a book and a conference - on handling patients

This week’s letters
Raise standards to raise HR profile
As a member of the CIPD, I support Paul Kearns’ call...

The Department of Health is encouraging older doctors to return to work or
go part-time instead of taking early retirement,...

NHS
trusts are faced with growing unrest among their doctors and consultants as
morale dips and many hinted they would...