Managing doctors, doctors managing

Managing doctors, doctors managing This survey finds signs that hospital managers and senior doctors are working together better than in the past, but warns relations have been damaged by reorganisation and financial pressures. It finds that 60 per cent now believe local doctor-manager relationships are positive, up from 47 per cent in a 2002 study, and respondents are now more confident that managers put patient care first. However, a higher proportion of respondents (37 per cent) now believe relations are likely to deteriorate over the coming year, compared to only 13 per cent in 2002. Nuffield Trust