TY - JOUR AB - The NHS and Community Care Act instituted a fundamental split between the purchasers and providers of health care; shifting the NHS from a bureaucratic process driven organisation to one which is market led and output orientated. This paper explores cultural change and implementation strategies in a major first wave Trust. The case study is a story of struggle woven around the vision and determination of the Chief Executive to create a new style NHS through second order cultural change. The organisation has over 8,000 employees, many long servers with entrenched views and diverse professional backgrounds. VL - 15 IS - 5/6 SN - 0140-9174 DO - 10.1108/eb028234 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028234 AU - Thorne Marie PY - 1992 Y1 - 1992/01/01 TI - Transforming the Culture of the NHS: Vision, Paradox and Metalogic T2 - Management Research News PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 42 EP - 43 Y2 - 2024/04/16 ER -