..., and likely more importantly, developmental strategies in growing our own (Oliver and Memmott, 2006) should be considered. The analysis suggests that professional identity as a concept also plays a significant role in leadership and therefore will impact leadership development as well. Participants...

...Keith Hurst With the aim of building a research conscious workforce, the former Northern and Yorkshire Research and Development office explored the nature and purpose of research and development (R&D) support for NHS staff. Part of the study used a questionnaire to seek healthcare professionals...

... being addressed, and will become further complicated by the development issues arising from PCG merger and the recent transition to trust status. The developmental experience of one PCT is probably typical: “it has taken our PCT considerable time to develop as an integrated organisation, aware...

...John Edmonstone; Jane Western The NHS in England has developed a strong focus on clinical and managerial leadership. The article describes both emerging ideas on leadership models and approaches to developing leaders as a background to the description of two evaluation studies of leadership...

... developed from patient satisfaction and social identity theories and from previous empirical findings was used to develop a model to predict patient satisfaction and delineate moderating variables. The major finding indicated in this study was the significance of patients’ characteristics in moderating...

... and organisational needs is a further cause of difficulties in providing developmental programmes. There may be a too hasty organisational response, of sending someone on a course, rather than an in‐depth analysis of what individuals require for their development, how this fits in with organisational requirements...

... to develop better ways of understanding each other in order to work together more effectively. This paper focuses on some of the issues raised in management development programmes which have multiple objectives demanding educational and developmental support. The emphasis is on identification of issues which...