Editor–I greatly enjoyed Jane Dacre's thoughtful and thought-provoking piece (Clin Med
February 2008 pp 13–5). There were two main themes. Firstly, that medical voices were not …

A career as a clinical academic combines the immense rewards of being a clinician with the
potential to make groundbreaking discoveries which can deepen our understanding of …

So will the obvious now happen? Will a high level, effective body be formed? Three
elements are needed for change: a burning platform ('we can't go on like this or let this …

Look around you and you might be surprised to learn that the culture of your hospital is
changing. For years, policy wonks complained that the major barrier to improving clinical …

I share the editor's confusion1 about 'clinical leadership'and 'management'of the NHS.
Leadership and management have overlapping attributes, both are professional, but they …

My Scottish grandfather used to say 'When all is said and done; there is more said than
done'. Making things happen requires leadership. Leadership is creating extraordinary …

“The two seats are near each other but NOT together,” the email read. I had just bought
tickets on eBay to see Take That and realised that I would be sitting on my own at a boy …

Amid the slashing sound of treasury cuts, Her Majesty's Government has raised the whisper
of clinician leadership. Pragmatic medics may view this as a cynical attempt to subdue the …

So, let's run learning sessions at which medical directors and CEOs reveal to sceptical
clinicians, stage by stage, a suitably redacted recent cock-up and see how the latter claim …

A fascinating book-that aims at alerting the thinking mass of American people to the dire
state of medical care in their country, America's Health in the Balance is not just about the …