Suggested
reading for (new) Practice Managers
The following
is a list of books which provide useful sources of reference for new Practice Managers. Many are available from Amazon.
Accreditation
in primary care: towards clinical governance [Walsh K (2000)] Radcliff
Medical Press
Business
planning for healthcare management [Semple Piggot C (2000)] Open University
Clinical
Governance in primary care [Van Zwanenberg and Harrison J (2000)]
Radcliff Medical Press
Contemporary
primary care: the challenges of change [Tovey P (2000)] Open University
Press
Delivering
excellence in health and social care [Moullin M (2002)] Open University
Press
Demanding
patients: Analysis of primary care [Rogers A, Hassell K and Nicolaas
G (1999)] Open University Press
Effective
Small Business Management [Scarborough N & Zimmerer T (2000)]
Prentice Hall
Evidence-based
management : a practical guide for health professionals [Stewart R
(2002)] Radcliffe Medical
General
practice and ethics: uncertainty and responsibility [Dowrick C and
Frith L (1999)] Routledge
Handbook of Practice Management (produced by the Royal Society of Medicine)
http://www.rsmpress.co.uk/bkhpm.htm
Health
and social services in primary care: an effective combination? [Meads
G (1997)] Financial Time Healthcare
Leading
health care organizations [Dopson S and Mark AL (2003)] Palgrave Macmillan
Leading
In The NHS – A Practical Guide [Stewart R,(1996)] Macmillan
Press
Making
Sense Of Clinical Governance [Lilley R (1999)] Radcliffe Medical Press
Management
of health care [Stewart R (1998)] Aldershot
Managing
multi-disciplinary teams in the NHS [Gorman P (1998)] Kogan Page
Patients,
power and responsibility : the first principles of consumer-driven
reform [Spiers J (2003)] Radcliffe Medical Press
Succeeding
as a Practice Management Team [Coward B (2006)] Health
Press
The Challenge
Of Primary Care [Starey N (2003)] Radcliffe Medical
The insider's
guide to the NHS [Lilley R (2003)] Radcliffe Medical Press
Wellerd’s
NHS Handbook 2002/3 [Merry P (2002)] JMH Publishing