Chris Ham: Models of medical leadership and their effectiveness
Progress has been made in involving doctors in leadership roles in NHS trusts, but the journey that started with the Griffiths report of 1983 is by no means complete. A new report from the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham and The King's Fund, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the state of medical leadership in NHS trusts today.
This slideset by Chris Ham, one of the report authors, summarises the key findings.
Read the full report
The full report and summary can be downloaded from the National Institute of Health Research website.
HS & DR Funding Acknowledgement:
This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (project number 08/1808/236).
Department of Health Disclaimer:
The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR SDO programme or the Department of Health.
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Some fascinating detail but I rather feel it fails the "so what" test. Not enough on the critical problem that doctors are already paid far more than managers. Anything which enhances their status and rewards further risks hacking off everyone else in the system. An old colleague of mine did some digging in his large teaching hospital a few years back and found that several hundred consultants were paid more than the c/e. Now that is a management problem.
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