Operationalising Lean in Healthcare: the Impact of Professionalism
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., Kumar, M., & Juleff, L. (2019)
Operationalising Lean in Healthcare: the Impact of Professionalism. Production Planning and Control, 31(8), 629-643. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1668577
Lean is endorsed as policy in practice in the UK but the challenges and complexities affecting Lean in healthcare are still to be adequately assessed. Through a qualitative si...
Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian
Thesis
Lindsay, C. F. (2016)
Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/455610
The overarching aim of this thesis is to critically evaluate the implementation of Lean in NHS Lothian, a National Health Service (NHS) Health Board in Scotland. Against chall...
Reverse exchange of healthcare devices: the case of hearing aid equipment in the UK
Journal Article
Cole, R., Lindsay, C. F., & Barker, F. (2018)
Reverse exchange of healthcare devices: the case of hearing aid equipment in the UK. Production Planning and Control, 29(13), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1506892
Reverse exchange (RE) in dealing with the return, recycle and reuse of products is receiving a growing focus. When properly handled, RE in healthcare can deliver an economic b...
A Lean healthcare journey: the Scottish Experience
Book
Lindsay, C. & Kumar, M. (2015)
A Lean healthcare journey: the Scottish Experience. In Public Service Operations Management: A research handbookTaylor & Francis (Routledge). ISBN 9781138813694, 9781315747972
Lean has been adopted by public sector organisations to combat the growing challenges in tackling demand, capacity, service provision and issues around the reduction of errors...