Over the Christmas break we are bringing you a round-up of key topics from our commissioning, innovation and efficiency, and leadership channels.
In this focus on clinical leadership we highlight a selection of best practice articles from 2012. Read on to find out why distributed leadership must replace the historic top-down model, Chris Gordon explains what can be done about the shortage of clinical involvement in hospital management, and Kingsley Manning explores why the NHS’s strange divide between clinical leaders and management must be closed to meet the service’s challenges.
Why physician involvement can inspire higher performing healthcare
The level of physician involvement is positively associated with better performing hospitals and improved financial management, write Peter Spurgeon and colleagues.
The ‘medic to manager’ move
The NHS’s strange divide between clinical leaders and management must be closed to meet the service’s challenges, says Kingsley Manning.
How CCGs can build leadership capacity
To help CCGs tackle the challenges facing the reformed NHS, distributed leadership needs to replace the historic top-down model, says Helen Brown.
How to design and deliver a clinically led organisation
Despite trusts increasingly grappling with the issue of clinical engagement, leadership and clinical managerial accountability, there remains a shortage of clinical involvement in hospital management, writes Chris Gordon.
A common language for clinicians and managers
A common language and clearer understanding of each other’s roles can improve the “fraught” relationship between clinical directors and general managers in the NHS, Kerrie Montoute explains.
Nurses need freedom to do their jobs properly
The role of advanced nurse practitioner shows how far the profession has come − but there are significant obstacles preventing them doing the best for patients, says Peter Carter.
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