Hot off the press: In the BMJ 'Will prescriptions for cultural change improve the NHS?"

In England, the recent Francis inquiry into the appalling standards of care at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust identified a dysfunctional culture as a key part of the problem. The report goes on to make a number of recommendations for culture change in the NHS. A recent piece in the BMJ by Huw Davies & Russell Mannion challenges whether such cultural prescriptions can be enacted so easily. Read the article here.