Managing Change in the NHS (Health Care Management)

by Bernie Brooks (Author), TrudyUpton (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $6.58

  This guide offers managers in the NHS who are responsible for running clinical departments key insights into the management of change. Practical strategies are described which plan and monitor projects affecting individuals, departments or entire institutions. The reader is guided through the different stages involved in managing a project. Individual issues discussed include setting goals for a change, managing the transition stage, overcoming resistance to change and evaluating the success of a change.

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $4.18

  Change has come rapidly and radically to the NHS in recent years, but the day-today work of clinical departments and the priority of patient care remain. The impact of managing change has fallen on health care staff, who face conflicting demands, rising expectations, policy changes and cost pressures, while still needing to ensure that patient care is delivered. This book offers them key insights into the effective management of change. It gives practical tools and techniques for planning and managing change projects that affect individuals, departments, teams and organizations.
  
  Drawing on many years' experience, the authors explain the different stages of introducing change, offering clear advice on the many issues involved in both complex and relatively straightforward projects. They discuss change in the NHS context and consider in detail the core principles:
  
  effects of change on individuals, groups and organizations
  managing a change project - from diagnosis to transition
  overcoming resistance
  reaching and maintaining the change goals
  personal change management skills.
  
  This is a practical guide, full of checklists, action plans and case studies, and is designed to improve professional practice. It is essential reading for health managers.