Following the announcement that Leeds University is to provide a leadership programme for 32,000 nurses, midwives and health visitors, Customs and Excise has announced a management development deal with Manchester Business School. 

A pilot version of the National electronic Library for Health is now available at http://www.nhs.uk/nelh  The library, which has been designed primarily for doctors and other professionals, will also be open for patients to read information about medicine and health. It is planned to link the service through the NHS Direct Online website so that more patients can gain easy access.The Cochrane Library and Clinical Evidence database are the main components of the Library. 

Doyle MJournal of Management Development, (UK), 2000 Vol 19 No 7
Start page: 579. No of pages: 21
Explores the extent to which management development is considered as a strategic tool for developing both managers and their organizations. Examines evidence from a number of studies that are critical of management development thinking and practice. Highlights the problems caused by increasingly complex organizational systems and discontinuous change.