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McKinsey: NHS managers 'least clinically-qualified' in developed world

28 October 2010

Fewer than 60% of managers in UK hospitals were found to have a clinical degree, compared to more than 90% in Sweden, and the UK had the lowest proportion of managers with a clinical degree in all the countries surveyed. The research, by McKinsey and the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, assessed management practices at nearly 1,200 hospitals in total.

This article appeared in Pulse on October 28, 2010
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Related Publications
Management in Healthcare: Why Good Practice Really Matters. Report from McKinsey & Company and the Centre for Economic Performance, October 2010
Management practices in the NHS, CentrePiece 14 (3), Winter 2010 pages 16-19, by Nick Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler and John Van Reenen

Related Links
Nick Bloom webpage
Rebecca Homkes webpage
Raffaella Sadun webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Management and Organisational Structures research webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage

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