Management for Hospital Doctors

This is the first comprehensive management guide for hospital doctors since the NHS reforms. It recognizes the need for clinicians to become involved in management issues and offers them a continuing structure and source of ideas. It is a source of reference for clinical doctors and any other doctors with an interest in or involvement with management at any level. It also give doctors in training a solid background as they prepare for a consultant appointment. The full range of management issues that may be raised at interview for hospital consultants' posts are encompassed. The book combines detailed practical guidance with a wider framework within which to analyse and assess current management challenges in NHS hospitals. It draws on the expertise of a wider range of senior hospital doctors who have management experience in clinical directorates and service, highlighting particular problems they encountered and the methods they employed to resolve them. This is an authoritative guide for senior management to medical thinking about the challenges facing hospital management. Their close working partnerships with consultants is essential for the success of the hospital and the well-being of its patients.