Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 11 Issue 2

The lights are bright? Debating the future of the permanent night shift

Ian Brooks

Debates a controversial issue in healthcare management, that is, whether internal rotation (day‐night) or permanent night shifts is an appropriate shift system for nursing staff…

Administration to innovation: the evolving management challenge in primary care

Angus Laing, Gordon Marnoch, Lorna McKee, Rita Joshi, John Reid

The concept of the primary health‐care team involving an increasingly diverse range of health care professionals is widely recognized as central to the pursuit of a primary…

Analysing the medicine‐management interface in acute trusts

Bie Nio Ong, Margaret Boaden, Steve Cropper

The impact of the NHS reforms, and the resulting purchaser‐provider split, has refocused attention on the relationship between management and medicine in acute hospitals. It is…

Crossing boundaries: communication between professional groups

Paul Fitzsimmons, Tony White

The NHS reforms increased emphasis on a managerial culture. In primary care this raised questions about responsibility and philosophical approaches. Greater integration between…

Problem solving: a comparison between medical and military art

M.C.M. Bricknell

Compares the methodology of the medical decision‐making process with that of the military. The key to both professions is reliable, efficient decision making. Effective decision…