The tail-end Charlies and their thin pickings.
The rapid explosion of functionalism in the NHS since reorganisation has left not a few administrators frustrated with their decreased authority and many functional officers concerned at the status and structure of their professions. Over the next three weeks the Journal will be taking six of the major health service functions and examining the importance to patient care of their roles and the difficulties of integrating senior functional management into the administrative hierarchy. Author describes the trials and tribulations of being a works officer.
D000288:Administrative Personnel; D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D008283:Maintenance; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom