Meet these targets or else: government inspired psychopathy in the National Health Service
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 13:40authored byBoddy, CR
The setting of impossible standards, benchmarks, targets and performance indicators for the NHS by the Government has reportedly meant that career oriented employees play the system to gain advancement but ignore and are unconcerned with actual improvements in patient care (Bower 2016). This conceptual paper argues that ruthless government targets, issued and actively monitored by the Department of Health, are a current source of systemic psychopathy with the National Health Service.
History
Publication title
BAM2018 Conference Proceedings
Pagination
1-13
ISBN
978-0-9956413-1-0
Department/School
TSBE
Publisher
British Academy of Management
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Event title
BAM2018: The Leading Community for Management Scholars