Simon Stevens, former health adviser to the Labour party and current global health
president at United Healthcare, has been announced as the next NHS England chief …

Despite general acceptance of the doctor–manager divide, doctors do become managers
and some even reach the alien perch of chief executive of an NHS organization. Presumably …

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 …

Leaders historically are clearly recognisable from afar–dominating and towering above their
fellows, even if of diminutive (Bonopartean) dimensions. In medicine, leaders of that stature …

Editor–I read with interest the article on the varied academic approaches to medical
leadership (Clin Med October 2010 pp 477–9). I was surprised, however, that the authors …

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 …

Eight years ago at this time, in 1979, the Labour governmentwas on its last legs and the
country was emerging from a winterof strikes that had brought picket lines outside hospitals …

The fiftieth anniversary of the National Health Service last year was greeted with a flurry of
political and professional reviews, lectures and commentaries. Most of these were either …

The authors rightly point out that historical sidelining of doctor-managers has contributed to
worsening of hospitals' performance indicators. Perhaps realizing this, the NHS top brass …

POSTCARD FROM THE UK you add up the wages and the travelling times, a single meeting
can cost the same as a whole week of clinical care, but rarely will it take a decision that …