Biomedical subjects

J McClenahan

Publications and source records attributed to J McClenahan.

10 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1999

Mergers. Apart at the seams.

More than a fifth of trusts in England are involved in mergers. The Department of Health has not revealed the rationale for its drive on mergers. Small, potential cost savings are often outweighed by the expense of the merger process and loss of morale and productivity. Many NHS consultants are not involving themselves in redesigning services following mergers because they cannot see a way forward in the face of so many contradictory central demands. Support for this massive change programme is not adequate.

Decision Making, Organizational↗

PubMed1999

Rethinking public health: new training for new times.

The new public health agenda will require major changes in the way health authorities, local authorities, Trusts and Primary Care Groups organise and manage their activities. The requirement is for inter-agency co-ordination and inter-professional and inter-sectoral working to a shared agenda, yet the human and resources development planning to achieve these goals has not been done. This paper summarises the key training issues and argues for a collaborative, decentralised and quality assured approach to multidisciplinary public health management education and training. Only with such a joined up human resources plan can Our Healthier Nation succeed where The Health of the Nation signally failed.

Health Planning↗

PubMed1998