Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 2 Issue 3

With cat‐like tread, the DRGs are coming

John D. Thompson

As an American participant in ‘Management and Financing of Hospital Services’, the DRG Convention held in London on llth‐13th December, 1986, I had looked forward to the…

Financial problems for districts and units — What can managers do?

C.R. Paton

The purpose of this paper is to present a number of opportunities and strategies which UK district authorities and units should consider in the light of financial constraints and…

The Laboratory Data Management Computer — The appropriate source of cost reports in hospital budgeting systems

G. Dale, J.A. Fleetwood, B. Johnson, D.R. Walton

With the introduction of systems of financial management, departmental computers are needed to provide the cost analysis reports from clinical biochemistry and other laboratory…

Hospital clinicians and managers: Adversaries or partners?

F. Eskin

Since the 1974 reorganisation of the British National Health Service, clinicians have continually voiced concern regarding the threat of encroachment on their clinical freedom by…

The British Medical Association's reply to the Government's ‘Agenda for Discussion’ on primary health care

Norman Ellis

The UK Government's ‘Agenda for Discussion’ is a political tract, written by a combination of politicians, philosophers and economists without any direct input from the…

Response to the Government's ‘Agenda for Discussion’ on primary health care: An alternative view

Julia Cumberlege

The coming of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948 was a visionary act to provide for people in a changed world. It was based on idealistic principles in tune with a more…

The role of insurance in the law of negligence

Karen Rea

Insurance tends to be one of those areas which we tolerate and sometimes begrudgingly pay into because we fear the consequences if we do not — usually a loss of money/value of the…

Management in medicine

J.N. Hallett

Along with all the other challenges facing managers and clinicians in the National Health Service (NHS) in the latter part of the 20th century is the conundrum of how to respond…

Curbing alcohol misuse

Martin A. Plant

During the past few years public concern in Britain has periodically moved from one health or social problem to another. Topics such as youthful heroin use, child abuse, and the…

Managing the money

J.C. Minty

In most people's minds, the person responsible for managing the money is usually seen to be the treasurer and of course he has a crucial role to play in the process. Managing the…