Recommendations
Chapter 8. The van Velzen Years
Management Standards
No clinician shall be appointed to a position of managerial authority
in a hospital without having relevant clinical experience for the
position.
No clinician should take effective control of a management position
until trained in all necessary management techniques and in any
relevant legal requirements.
No clinician shall be asked to take on responsibilities that impair
the ability to carry out patient care to the appropriate standard.
Hospital managers shall be of a suitable background and calibre
for the role expected of them, provided with all necessary training
(including continued education) and themselves regularly appraised
for the quality of their performance.
Hospital managers without medical qualification shall seek medical
advice on matters requiring it. If there is doubt as to the need
for advice on any matter relating to patient care, the doubt shall
be resolved by seeking advice.
While hospital managers will usually seek medical advice from the
medical director or clinical directors in the first instance, if
any substantial doubt remains they shall seek advice from independent
specialist medical advisers or the Royal Colleges, whether directly
or through their regional advisers.
