Contents: Involvement and Partnership Arrangements: Primary care groups - what are they and why are they here?, Lawrence Benson and Gillian Wright; Setting up local health groups in Wales: challenges and opportunities, Stephanie Williams; Developing an organization made up of people who thrive on change, Sue Phillips, Oliver Nyumbu and Brian Toner. Two Teams and Interdisciplinary Working: Introducing self-directed primary care teams in the NHS: an overview of initial strategic issues, Rosemary K. Rushmer, Julia Parker and Sheila Phillips; Interprofessional education: one aspect of archiving quality health and social care, Anne Wyness et al; Getting the message across: mental health matters in older age, Terry Downes and Jayne Sayers. Leadership: Primary care groups: a study into development of appropriate managerial skills, Helen Bussell et al; The role of middle managers in realising human resource strategy: evidence from the NHS, Graeme Currie and Stephen Proctor; Effective and ineffective leadership within the NHS in Wales, Paula Palmer; Strategic leadership in health care in challenging times, M.O. Jumaa and J. Alleyne; Emperor¿s clothes? does training pay off? evaluating health management training in the developing world, Zillyham Rojas, Dave Haran and Neil Marr. Future Trends in Development: The future of the European health sector - a scenarios approach, Leonard Lerer and John Kimberly; Institutional change and trust in the national Health Service: examining the impact of reform on the NHS value structure, Steven Simoens and Robert McMaster; Explaining variation in grant funding of health voluntary organizations by Scottish health boards, Donald Routledge Coid and Iain Kinloch Crombie; Power as a concept in the evaluation of telehealth, Sharon Levy, David A.

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