Background Doctors who have completed their specialty training–consultants and general
practitioners–undertake many roles and activities outside their patient-facing clinical …

Effective clinical leadership and engagement are increasingly being recognised as
important contributors to the delivery of high standards of clinical care and organisational …

The necessity of leadership in healthcare has been demonstrated through much published
research1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and experience, as described in the Francis report7. In reviewing the …

Doctors in senior positions in health care and health-care education organizations are
increasingly required to take wider management and leadership responsibilities. A range of …

This title is a comprehensive account of the key aspects of medical leadership. A highly
accessible, text book-style resource, it explores how the medical profession has evolved in …

Good medical leadership is vital in delivering high-quality healthcare, and yet medical
career progression has traditionally seen leadership lack credence in comparison with …

Leadership is much more than that, and needs to be able to empower all of us to inform and
deliver organisational change at any level in the NHS, keeping patients and their carers at …

The importance of effective leadership and management in healthcare has been the focus of
international attention for decades. Public health services take a large amount of taxpayers' …

'Successful medical leaders are usually, but not always, experienced and credible clinicians
with good people skills, who look beyond the boundaries of their own specialty or institution …

Throughout their careers, doctors are likely to come across complex management and
leadership scenarios that many would not have had prior training in. Expectations of doctors …