OVERVIEW The Future Hospital Commission acknowledges that the principal challenge for
healthcare organisations and professionals is to accept the fundamental requirement that …

ABSTRACT The Future Hospital Commission acknowledges that the principal challenge for
healthcare organisations and professionals is to accept the fundamental requirement that …

Welcome to the October edition of FHJ of 2018. Since I last wrote we have seen a change in
leadership, both at the RCP and in the cabinet. Our new secretary of state is clearly a man …

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a not-for-profit organisation aiming to
improve worldwide health care. It was founded in 1991 and works to accelerate change by …

As has often been the case in its nearly 70-year history, the NHS finds itself in difficult times
with very real clinical and financial sustainability challenges and a need to transform itself …

ABSTRACT The NHS Long Term Plan recently published recognises the critical role of
leadership to the delivery of high-quality, sustainable healthcare and sets out an ambition for …

Efforts to improve quality in healthcare require concerted action on the part of clinical and
non-clinical staff and everyone who works with them. In complex healthcare systems, it is …

Shekelle Stuart Whittaker Samir Al-Adawi Fighting an invisible foe The story of John Snow•
Three major outbreaks of cholera in London during the 1800s• In 1854, over 10,000 died …

Today's healthcare systems need doctors and consultants to act as leaders, within the multi-
disciplinary team, in addition to carrying out their clinical role. This book identifies the key …

Background Healthcare systems in Australia and around the world are failing to address the
challenges of the modern world. Healthcare leaders are calling for radical, transformational …