Nolan Alexis, Carlisle Daloni
Health Serv J. 2006 Mar 30;116(5999):suppl 3-6.
The history of NHS management can be viewed as five milestones of reorganisation. The trend of managers being more concerned with patient care started with the 1983 Griffiths inquiry. Leaders from other industries came into the NHS but many underestimated the job and failed. Stress makes many current chief executive posts hard to fill.
