This requires that each major service area within hospitals has a designated chief who can negotiate on behalf of colleagues with the hospital manager.

The findings have obvious implications for cost- and image-conscious hospital managers.

Just sack a few hospital managers and remove useless hospital bodies.

Great pressure has recently been put on clinicians by hospital managers and politicians to reduce waiting times.

Guardianship should be either to social services as now or to hospital managers.

Section 7(5) of the act should be strengthened to put the hospital managers on a par with the local social services authority.

The hospital manager has confirmed that a wide ranging review of procedures will now be carried out.

Finally, a treaty appears to be forged and the hospital manager leaves.

Consultants' leaders are expected today to agree how results will be given to hospital managers.

The promise was made after five members of the charity committee which raised money for the unit said they felt betrayed by hospital managers.