This book is aimed at hospital doctors in search of practical ideas for medical audit within their own specialty, but it will also be helpful to other clinical professions to show some of the ideas that have been developed in other specialties. It collates published work and practical experience of ...
This document reviews some elements of health services which have been or may be the subject of standards and some characteristics of the standards themselves.
Public, political and professional pressures have led to a greater interest in quality assurance in the NHS, but there has been no national policy or framework prescribed. The development of, and approach to, quality assurance has therefore varied widely between districts and between regions. This report aims to reflect managerial ...
The Quality Assurance Project was set up at the end of 1984 to stimulate the assessment and promotion of quality in health care in Britain. This report presents the findings of a survey undertaken to identify what practical steps were being taken by individual professional organisations (colleges) and to make ...
Increasing interest in the quality of health services and the appointment of officers with designated local responsibilities has generated an urgent demand for ideas on implementing quality assurance, especially from district officers. This collection is one individual's view of relevant literature and activity. It reflects the initial emphasis of the ...