Foundation NHS Trusts will be constituted in the same way as Mutual Societies, and local
people and patients will be invited to become subscribers. Subscribers will elect a board of …

The latest NHS reorganisation proposes that doctors in trusts should be given more
managerial responsibility. Attempts to Involve doctors in NHS management over the last 10 …

In my two-year experience as a chief executive I have found a widespread tendency to
greatly over-simplify trust status. This has led to casual observers adopting a stance …

The constitution, powers and accountability of care trusts have yet to be announced by the
government. Their establishment offers opportunities for more integrated care. It is important …

When Sir Roy Griffiths reported on the management difficulties of the NHS in 1983, he
diagnosed the fact that doctors were not responsible for their use of resources as one of the …

Doctors and politicians have rarely seen eye to eye on what a health service should provide
and how it should be managed. The introduction of general management in 1984, while …

The political storm which struck the National Health Service in the early weeks of the new
century has had at least two positive results. It has confirmed that, despite the imperfections …

The Alder Hey Inquiry concluded that trust between Liverpool University and the hospital
could have avoided the'worst excesses'. In the past decade policies in health and higher …

A trust which provides acute, community, mental health and learning disability services has
been active in supporting the development of four primary care trusts in its area. All will start …