This book focuses on the resource management problems and long term implications that confront managers and front line staff daily. In particular, it emphasises the need to make savings by increasing efficiency without affecting the welfare of the patient, client, relative, or general public.
In a straightforward format this book explains how managers and front line staff deal with the difficulties of managing limited resources. It gives guidance and advice on how to improve business, adminstrative and budget competencies for those who need to review current arrangements, and contains uniquely designed checklists for practitioner and students to advise on the full range of resource problems.
* Resources and sources of funding
* Balancing expectation with reality
* Resource deficits
* Quality, expectation and costs
* Managing within time limits
* Commissioning resources
* Budgets and resources
* Managing in the political dimension
'Useful, practical and comprehensive.' CARE AND HEALTH MAGAZINE
'This user friendly book is essentially a budget manager's toolkit. It provides a practical guide that will help managers take a fresh approach in the solution of financial problems.' BMJ CAREER FOCUS
