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Leadership lessons

Leadership lessons from Abraham Lincoln
D Coutu
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(4), pp43-47
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Financing health care in the European Union

Financing health care in the European Union: challenges and policy responses
S Thomas, T Foubister, E Mossialos
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2009
This report looks at the issue of financial sustainability of health systems, discussing the current situation and then suggesting practical ways forward.

Process modelling

Health care process modelling: which method when?
GT Jun, J Ward, Z Morris, J Clarkson
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 21(3), pp214-224
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Health policy

Health policy: integrated care
N Hawkes
British Medical Journal, 2009, 338:b1484
Sixteen organisations have been chosen to pilot new models of integrated care in the NHS. The pilots include seven that will focus on long term conditions or chronic diseases, three on elderly people and end of life care, two on dementia, and one each on falls, mental health, delivery of rural healthcare, and substance misuse.

Improving collaboration

Working better together? Managing Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs)
The Audit Commission, April 2009

Workforce strategy

Adult social care workforce strategy
Department of Health, April 2009