Nurses work
Subtitle: an analysis of the UK nursing labour market
By: James Buchan, Ian Seccombe, Garielle Smith
Contributors: Seccombe, Ian J.; Smith, Gabrielle
Series: Developments in nursing and health care -- 18; Developments in nursing and health care -- 18.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780429449796; 9780429831744
Subjects: Nurses; Employment; Supply and demand; Nursing; Forecasting; Infirmières; Travail; Soins infirmiers; Nursing (health science); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Labor & Industrial Relations
Description: First published in 1998, this volume emerged in the context of rapidly developing nursing and health care fields and features contributions on areas in the NHS and private nursing including nurses' pay and education, the gender balance in the nursing labour market, working patterns, employment contracts and turnover. It is part of a series of monographs offers up-to-date reports of recently completed research projects in the fields of nursing and health care. The aim of the series is to report studies that have relevance to contemporary nursing and health care practice. It includes reports of research into aspects of clinical nursing care, management and education. The series is of interest to all nurses and health care workers, researchers, managers and educators in the field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The National Health Service reforms; 1.2 Nurse staffing levels and mix; 1.3 Employee relations; 1.4 Nurses' pay; 1.5 Nursing education; 1.6 Nursing 'shortages'; 1.7 Structure of the book; 2 The UK Nursing Labour Market; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The dimensions of the nursing labour market; 2.2.1 Gender mix; 2.2.2 Ethnicity; 2.2.3 Age profile; 2.2.4 Student nurses; 2.2.5 Nurses in paid employment; 2.3 Dynamics of the labour market; 2.3.1 New entrants; 2.3.2 Returners; title: 2.3.3 Non-UK entrants2.3.4 Outflows; 2.4 Participation rates and the non-nursing pool; 2.4.1 The 1971 Census; 2.4.2 Survey-based estimates; 2.4.3 The Labour Force Survey; 2.4.4 The 1991 Census; 2.4.5 Why estimates vary; 2.4.6 Estimating the 'pool' of returners; 2.4.7 Summary; 3 Working Patterns and Employment Contracts; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Employment contracts; 3.3 Working patterns; 3.4 Summary; 4 Turnover and Wastage; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Defining turnover and wastage; 4.3 Turnover and wastage from NHS nursing; 4.4 Reasons for leaving; 4.5 The non-NHS sector; title: 4.6 Turnover intentions and morale4.7 Summary; 5 Nurses' Pay; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Trends in pay determination in UK nursing; 5.2.1 Local pay supplements; 5.2.2 Performance related pay; 5.2.3 'Real' local pay; 5.3 Research on pay and nurses' labour market behaviour; 5.3.1 Pay and labour market behaviour; 5.3.2 The 'union' effect; 5.3.3 Monopsony; 5.3.4 Participation rates and pay; 5.3.5 Satisfaction with pay; 5.3.6 Lessons from the research; 5.4 Nurses' pay perceptions; 5.4.1 Pay in the non-NHS sectors; 5.5 Summary; 6 Changing Career Patterns; 6.1 Introduction; title: 6.2 The traditional nursing career6.3 Clinical grading; 6.4 Career progression; 6.5 Career satisfaction; 6.6 Working abroad; 6.7 Summary; 7 Workforce Planning in Nursing; 7.1 Recent history; 7.2 Working Paper 10; title: Education and training; 7.3 The National Balance Sheet Exercise; 7.4 The new arrangements for purchasing nurse education; 7.5 Summary; 8 Future Trends in the UK Nursing Labour Market; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Future demand for registered nurses; 8.2.1 NHS nursing; 8.2.2 Independent acute hospitals and clinics; 8.2.3 Private nursing homes; 8.2.4 GP Practice nurses; 8.2.5 Other employers; title: 8.3 A forward look; title: the 'baseline' scenario8.4 Alternative futures; 8.4.1 The'ageing workforce' scenario; 8.4.2 The'returner' scenario; 8.4.3 'Zero growth' scenario; 8.4.4 'High growth' scenario; 8.4.5 'Student wastage' scenario; 8.5 Summary and conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Notes; References; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3