... of a service the control of which is divorced from those with the strategic market perspective. While the internal management of hospital care in the NHS is in its infancy, initial developments such as clinical directorates point the way forward in creating a market orientation within provider units...

... such as clinical and medical directors. Management Education for Clinical Directors: An Evaluation Karin Newman and Alan Cowling Middlesex University Business School Management Education 27 Introduction In the Autumn of 1989, the Minister of Health announced a three-year, centrally financed programme...

...F.M. Sullivan The objective of this study was to describe the information requirements and beliefs of hospital doctors working in out‐patient departments at the point where a decision to discharge or retain a patient is made. A preliminary assessment of clinical vignettes was followed...