Carol Black new ways of working. Health professionals are increasingly working in teams
with mutual respect for the knowledge, skills and judgement that each member brings to the …

Medical Royal Colleges, Acute medicine: the physician's role6, recognised the value of
acute care physicians but at that time did not feel it appropriate to create a new specialty with …

Before you read on, I want to be clear that I am not seeking to have an easy free kick, and I
note not one size fits all: it's a big country. All of us employed to practice medicine in public …

Many thanks for your reply to my article. I share your concerns and one of the great
difficulties of practice-based commissioning (PBC) is that it is politically driven and the 'goal …

Clinical governance are the new 'buzz words', but what does the term mean exactly?
Introduced into the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) in 1998, clinical …

Doe, s it seem fair that medical doctors are suddenly being expected to develop
management expertise? Traditionally, consultants influenced management very successfully …

518© Royal College of Physicians, 2011. All rights reserved. overall quality of the NHS. It
also leaves improvement to the providers, though recognising the debate about how far the …

Clinical governance was described in 1999 as a framework through which NHS [National
Health Service] organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their …

The key to any successful healthcare system is the recognition of the inseparable
partnerships between the individual patient and their doctor. Diseases can be studied in …

Internal medicine, in the UK as well as in the rest of Europe, is in a state of flux. The service
has evolved so that the management of acute medical emergencies increasingly dominates …