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Leadership for service improvement

01 February 2007

Nursing Management

CPD

LEADERSHIP SKILLS have long been identified as key to the delivery of good health care. However, although government health departments emphasise the need for...

Leadership for service improvement: part 3

01 April 2007

Nursing Management

CPD

Leaders cannot lead without power (Bennis and Nanus 1985). Power is the currency of leadership, determining what gets done and how, and giving rise to three...

Leadership for service improvement: part 2

01 March 2007

Nursing Management

CPD

THE ASSUMPTION that leaders should be ‘superheroes’ was debunked several years ago in a survey on leadership qualities by Alimo-Metcalfe and Alban-Metcalfe (2000).

Interprofessional working: opportunities and challenges

23 October 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Interprofessional working is a concept that has an impact on nursing and the care delivered. However, this article argues that it continues to remain a poorly...

Reproductive health service integration in South Africa

20 February 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Health care In national and International settings Is undergoing extensive change. In South Africa, efforts to integrate services at clinic level and...

The need to combat clinical fraud

22 May 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article explores the possibility that clinical fraud is being perpetrated on a daily basis at the interface between patient, nurse and others. This type of...

The health and social care divide: bridging the gap

14 February 1996

Nursing Standard

Clinical

The Caring for People White Paper (DoH 1989) suggested that community care means: 'Providing the right level of intervention and support to enable people to achieve...

A comprehensive business planning approach applied to healthcare

05 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Management

Since the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act, health and social care organisations have been required to conform to a central strategic framework, with the planning of...

Health tare provision: the six key players

21 June 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical management

The new language of health care tends to assume a duality between purchasers and providers. This article argues that, in fact, a plurality of groups are involved...

Reviewing the meaning of your work

06 April 2010

Primary Health Care

CPD

There are good reasons to periodically review the meaning of your work. The way you see what you do, achieve, work towards and experience as part of primary care can...