TY  - BOOK
ED  - Open University
TI  - Can Gerry Robinson fix the NHS? : programmes 1 & 2 [DVD]
PY  - 2007///
PB  - Open University
N1  - Programme 1 - First in a three part series in which Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson takes on the biggest challenge of his career - the NHS. Sir Gerry believes that any organisation, big or small, can be made to run well and to prove it he is aiming to bring down waiting times at Rotherham General Hospital in just six months. He discovers an NHS where staff don’t know who is in control, where consultants wield enormous power and where, despite waiting lists, there are operating theatres lying empty; Programme 2 - Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson believes that any organisation, big or small, can be made to run well and to prove it he is aiming to bring down waiting times at Rotherham General Hospital in just six months. Two months into the challenge and tensions between the consultants and hospital management are making it difficult to get anything done. The conflict reaches boiling point and Gerry is forced to confront the chief executive about the problems
N2  - Contains programmes 1 and 2, broadcast on BBC2 January 2007
ER  -