Creating a culture to support patient safety. The contribution of a multidisciplinary team development programme to collaborative working.

Effective teamwork is crucial for ensuring the provision of safe high quality care. Teams whose members collaborate through questioning, reflecting on and reviewing their work, offering each other feedback and where reporting is encouraged are more likely to promote a safe environment of care. This paper describes a multidisciplinary development programme intended to increase team effectiveness.

Leadership: A critical text.

THIS BOOK is intended, more than anything else, to raise questions and stimulate thought. It is not a quick, easy read, and provides no neat frameworks or slogans on how to be a great leader. As author Simon Western comments in the last chapter: 'There is no final word on leadership, no "golden bullet".

Time and space to think.

This is one example of the ways the RCNCS works. A summary of key principles that apply to all our work is given in Box 2. In addition to the example above, the RCNCS is currently working with acute trusts, mental health trusts, health boards, primary care trusts and independent sector organisations across England and Scotland, and in Australia, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland.

Presence: Exploring profound change in people, organizations and society Presence: Exploring profound change in people, organizations and society Senge Peter et al [Formula: see text].

In considering issues such as globalisation, sustainable communities, learning and change, the text of this compelling book links many of the challenges facing the world, including poverty and inequality, the finite nature of resources, and the role of individuals and communities in bringing about change.

Discourses of blame: accounting for aggression and violence on an acute mental health inpatient unit.

The English National Service Framework for Mental Health stipulates that the highest quality of health care should be provided for mental health service users in the most efficient and effective manner. Incidents of aggression and violence militate against achieving that goal, yet such incidents are frequently reported in inpatient settings. Traditionally, research in this area has focused on the extent of the phenomenon, the individual characteristics of those involved and precursors to the incident.