The Platt Report (1961) was the first in a series of documents that highlighted a workforce need for National Health Service (NHS) doctors with consultant-level competencies, but who were not consultants. Following discussion on the creation of ‘medical assistant’ posts, the first ‘career grade’ posts were introduced in 1964, with the term ‘associate specialist’ being introduced at the beginnin...

OBJECTIVE To establish the categories of pre-service health training institutions in Uganda that still maintain leprosy in their curricula and how leprosy training is organised. MATERIALS AND METHODS A structured questionnaire was administered to the heads of 42 health training institutions including universities, paramedical and nurses' training schools. RESULTS Leprosy was included in the...

Purpose – In this paper the contribution of a global IT service provider's Human Resources Information System (HRIS) to staff retention in emerging markets is discussed. This includes a comparison of the relevant issues and implications. Despite the differences between the developing countries investigated, the author of this paper concludes that a global HRIS is the best solution for minimaliz...

This is a report of a survey commissioned by Newcastle and North Tyne Health Authority. The aim of the project was to assess the occupational health needs of both GPs and their staff working in the General Practice in Newcastle and North Tyneside. The aim of the survey has been to obtain information about occupational health needs from general practitioners and their practice managers. The surv...

AIM Quality of service delivery for maternal and newborn health in Malawi is influenced by human resource shortages and knowledge and care practices of the existing service providers. We assessed Malawian healthcare providers' knowledge of management of routine labour, emergency obstetric care and emergency newborn care; correlated knowledge with reported confidence and previous study or traini...