Health Manpower Management: Volume 22 Issue 2

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/01425459010000388. When citing the…

Hospital closure: Phoenix, Hydra or Titanic?

Tim Dunne, Sharon Davis

Very little has been published about the effects of hospital closure in terms of the service, financial or management issues of the process. Attempts through a case‐study format…

What factors influence staff training in residential and nursing homes?

Fahmia Huda

Reports on research conducted in eight residential and/or nursing homes belonging to six different charity organizations. The organizations ranged in size from local bodies…

The importance of workforce planning in the NHS in the 1990s

Philip Gill

Considers a variety of pressures, both internal and external to the National Health Service, which in recent years have ostensibly increased the importance of sound workforce…

Discrimination matters

Catherine M. Prest

Outlines the changes in legal restrictions on the eligibility of dismissed employees to pursue unfair dismissal claims. Includes a discussion of recent decisions in this area…

The practical use of vision in small teams

Paul Hitchcock

Sets out to demonstrate the usefulness of vision statements to self‐directed work teams, taking ideas from the development of vision within teams in an organization of around…