Navigating the NHS: Core Issues for Clinicians 1st Edition Calman

1 Introduction

2 Where are we now? The NHS in the mid-1990s

3 An introduction to priority setting in the NHS

4 What is NHS purchasing, and where is it going?

5 Marketing in the NHS

6 Casemix, coding and contracting: a beginner’s guide

7 Shared care or integrated care? Managing clinical services for chronic disease across the interfaces

8 Managing quality through outcome measurement and audit

9 Towards evidence-based practice: the role of research and development, training and education

10 Continuing medical education: a fundamental balancing act

11 Management arrangements in NHS Trusts

12 The medical director: corporate player, not representative role

13 The clinical director: poacher turned gamekeeper?

14 The future