Does Toyota’s drawn out recall of hundreds of thousands of potentially faulty cars raise questions over the future of Lean management in the NHS?
It was the Japanese car manufacturer that famously developed Lean systems, which have been followed by efficiency seekers the world over.
But the news that they may have been a little too lean in some of their processes could give the whole movement a bad name. Time to rebrand?
Amidst the state of permanent revolution which has afflicted the NHS in the 21st century, there has been one constant: the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
As Andrew Lansley’s policy adviser I learned the pain of legislating to rewire the NHS — the government should avoid it, says Bill Morgan.
The government’s abandonment of its stricture against a top-down reorganisation would be breathtaking if it was not so tragic.
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