Health Service Journal
Lesley Wright
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Lesley Wright on lean thinking and respecting NHS staff
1-Dec-2008
Managers and clinical staff interested in lean healthcare often stall at the same point: 'We want to adopt lean thinking but want to call it something else. 'Lean' is hard to sell to our staff.' -
Lesley Wright on standardising work
2-Jun-2008
Anyone planning a holiday that involves flying will have to have faith in the skills of a highly trained pilot and navigator to get them to their destination. -
Lesley Wright on visual control
7-Apr-2008
One of the four principal elements in Lean is visual control. We use visual control in everyday life, without a second thought. -
Lesley Wright on making everyone a quality manager
28-Jan-2008
Quality is something we all hear a great deal about. But when asked the question 'how do you define quality?' many stop, pause and think, and a period of silence is followed by a variety of responses. -
Lesley Wright on walking the walk
17-Sep-2007
'Many healthcare teams are undertaking the lean approach and systematically removing waste to improve the flow for patients.'
