... and specialist NHS Trusts in England was undertaken. The survey yielded a total of 102 responses, which equates to a 59 per cent response rate. Findings The findings suggest considerable variation and diversity in the rate of progress individual Trusts made towards implementing the AHC in its first year...

... and value of health care accreditation, notably about the direction in which accreditation needs to go if both community and larger hospital accreditation is to survive. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Accreditation Health care Hospitals Purchasers Regional development Trusts While definitions...

...John R.N. Bullivant Traces the development of benchmarking in a number of UK National Health Service trusts, highlighting practical processes and the benefits of benchmarking but also identifying common pitfalls and ways of handling them when they arise or, better still, anticipating them. Several...

...Hugh Koch; Jane Davies Outlines the introduction of total quality systems into all clinical services within a community‐based NHS Trust in the West Midlands. Provides practical details of each aspect of the quality‐planning process. Shows the commitment of clinicians to“managing quality improvement...

... linked. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Until 1993, Southampton University Hospitals, in common with most NHS Trusts and units, had one department which dealt with quality, while value for money, cost improvements, and efficiency issues were the sole province of finance. Thus were the issues of cost...