The British Paediatric Association (BPA) has carried out a national survey of paediatric medical manpower in the hospital and community child health services. The results of the survey relating to England and Wales are presented and compared with Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) manpower statistics. On the basis of the survey findings and current trends in the pattern of paediatr...

An outpatient pharmacy of a tertiary hospital in Singapore had uncertainty over the impact of different manpower scheduling strategies on the length of time (that is, cycle time) that their patients needed to spend during their visits. This article illustrated how this uncertainty could be addressed via application of discrete-event simulation (DES). Recent service rates of pharmacy staff and m...

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Slephanie Pressel/CT. J'vI.s., OTR, 1:.1 Director, Education Division, 1'101'1'1. Issue Statement In several recent Nalionally Speak­ ing columns the authors have de­ scribed changes the occupational therapy profession is experiencing on a number of different fronts, including practice delivery sys­ tems, regulations governing health care, and so on. The profession is indeed undergoing changes,...

INTRODUCTION Forecasting the demand and supply of health manpower in an accurate manner makes appropriate planning possible. The aim of this paper was to review approaches and methods for health manpower forecasting and consequently propose the features that improve the effectiveness of this important process of health manpower planning. METHODS A literature review was conducted for studies p...

In the recent competitive business era of globalization it is truly tough to acquire the organizational effectiveness and efficiency without proper manpower planning and development practices. Manpower plays the dual role in operations, first, itself is an operative force and second, it makes the other forces operative and has a significant role in achieving the organizational effectiveness and...