title: Health policy. Honour bound.
abstract: The government should sort out the inconsistencies in its health policies. NHS managers have a good record on implementing government policy. The health secretary needs to clarify his attitude to managers and address the loss of top people.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham University.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D018672:Community Health Planning; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011057:Politics; D011332:Privatization; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom