Leadership Needs of Medical Directors and Clinical Directors

The results of this survey written by Richard Giodano and the King's Fund, show a picture of clinical and medical directors who are critically concerned with maintaining quality in the face of reduced budgets. Most respondents are seeking ways to work with management as equals in making resource decisions.

The results also suggest that, although there is a wide recognition that the financial situation for the NHS will become materially worse over the coming years, the main response to this so far has largely been limited to high-level discussions and team briefings, with little use of financial and service improvement tools (such as scenario planning or contingency planning) among clinicians, particularly clinical directors.