PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Neil Douglas
TI  - Setting the scene
AID  - 10.7861/futurehosp.2-3-182
DP  - 2015 Oct 01
TA  - Future Hospital Journal
PG  - 182--184
VI  - 2
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/2/3/182.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/2/3/182.full
SO  - Future Hosp J2015 Oct 01; 2
AB  - Doctors have a critical role in ensuring good teamworking which improves patient outcomes. UK hospitals with more doctors in their boards have lower morbidity and better patient satisfaction. In the USA, hospitals with doctors as the CEO have better performance, but in the UK less than 5% of hospitals have doctors as the CEO. There is an urgent need to improve training in medical leadership among UK doctors and to make careers in medical management more attractive to high fliers. The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management has launched standards of medical leadership and management which will give credibility to this field and ensure that highly qualified candidates are appointed to all levels of management posts within the NHS.