Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 7 Issue 5

Good Health for All: A Challenge for the 1990s

Janet Kells

Notes the challenges currently faced by the NHS and specificallythe health goals outlined in Health of the Nation. Stresses theimportance of national policy and strategy…

Whither Nursing in the 1990s?

Christine Hancock

Discusses the way forward for the nursing professions in the lastdecade of the twentieth century. Notes that Government health policy hasstated the need for more nursing resources…

Providing Primary Care Which Meets the Needs of Women

Laurann Yen

Outlines the key issues which determine primary care services asappropriate to meet the needs of women users. These issues includetaking a particular interest in women and their…

Equal Opportunities Goal 3: Real or Imaginary?

Sian Griffiths

Discusses Goal 3 of Opportunity 2000 and questions its feasibilitywithin the framework of contemporary society and its healthorganizations. The possibility of increasing the…

Management Education for Clinical Directors: An Evaluation

Karin Newman, Alan Cowling

Based on a national evaluation of a £2 millionGovernment‐sponsored programme to send some 260 consultants from the 14Regional Health Authorities in England to attend Business…

Efficiency and Effectiveness in General Practice

Ala Szczepura, Carol Davies, Joy Fletcher, Aziz Boussofiane

Describes the exploratory use of a statistical technique called data envelopment analysis (DEA), which has been widely used in other parts of the service sector, to measure the…

Professionals in Health Care: Perceptions of Managers

Sean McCartney, Reva Berman Brown, Louise Bell

Reports the findings of a qualitative piece of research that was undertaken with professionals in the health field. There are numerous professionals working in the health/social…

Team Midwifery — The Scunthorpe Experience

Mary Swan

The House of Commons Select Committee Report (1992), and more recently the Changing Childbirth report (1993), suggest that the lack of continuity experienced by women and…

Implementing Care Management

Ray Higgins, Ann Richardson

Care management is the cornerstone of recent community care reforms. Such an approach emphasizes the importance of user involvement and inter‐agency working. Examines the…