Clinical leadership: the challenge of making the most of doctors in management

Rebecca Malby; John Edmonstone; Duncan Ross; Neil Wolfenden

doi:10.12968/hmed.2011.72.6.341

Clinical leadership: the challenge of making the most of doctors in management

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2011 Jun;72(6):341-5. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2011.72.6.341.

Authors

Rebecca Malby¹, John Edmonstone, Duncan Ross, Neil Wolfenden

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Innovations in Health Management, University of Leeds, Leeds.

PMID: 21727814
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2011.72.6.341

Abstract

The need to develop the leadership and management capability of clinicians is deemed fundamental to address the cost and quality issues associated with health-care provision. The challenge facing the NHS is how best to bring this about.

MeSH terms

Cost Control / methods
Humans
Leadership
Physician Executives / standards*
Professional Competence / standards*
Quality Assurance, Health Care / economics
Quality Assurance, Health Care / organization & administration*
State Medicine / economics
State Medicine / organization & administration*
United Kingdom