Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 15 Issue 5

Modernisation, the NHS Plan and healthy communities

Gerald Wistow

This paper reviews the NHS Plan from the perspective of the Government’s wider programme of “modernising” public services. Although broadly focussed, particularly highlights older…

EBM and risk ‐ Rhetorical resources in the articulation of professional identity

Janice McLaughlin

Evidence‐based medicine (EBM) has become a major theme within health care. This has fuelled a significant debate about its role in reducing risk and its possible impact on…

Can primary care be both patient‐centred and community‐led?

Neil Drummond, Steve Iliffe, Sandra McGregor, Neil Craig, Moira Fischbacher

Examines the relationships between the macro‐, meso‐, and micro‐levels in the NHS at the end of the fundholding period and considers their contemporary implications for primary…

Managing waiting patients’ perceptions: The role of process control

Stefanie Naumann, Jeffrey A. Miles

In a study of 195 patients visiting the urgent care department of a hospital in the UK, we examined the effects of three elements of process control on patients’ fairness and…

Leadership development in UK companies at the beginning of the twenty‐first century: Lessons for the NHS?

Beverly Alimo‐Metcalfe, John Lawler

States that the development of leadership in the NHS is currently high on the agenda of the Department of Health, the government and local health sector organisations. Reports the…

Care Services for Later Life: Transformations and Critiques

Caroline Glendinning

Health Promotion. Professional Perspectives (2nd ed.)

Gerald Vinten