... expertise from the universities to the NHS. A central aspect of the provision was proposed as the establishment of a telephone help line to support NHS staff with R&D queries and act as a clearing house between existing provisions in response to different levels of developmental need within the NHS...

... schedule was completed to create a baseline set of information on the perceptions of the range of stakeholder organisations (seven NHS Trusts in Greater Manchester) and, at different operational levels within these organisations, about developing multi‐professional evidence bases in practice...

...‐care boards have never been involved in such rigorous top‐team development: some have found it challenging as well as developmental. Clinical governance Corporate governance Leadership Development Organisational change Under‐performance in a health organisation is often due to its...

...Elizabeth Clough Looks at the importance of research and development in clinical decision making, stating that research is the first building block in this process. Examines the Department of Health’s Research Governance Framework and how this can be used in the National Health Service. States...

...Sue Bale Reports on a study that focuses on the specific roles of the nurse within the interdisciplinary team as an example of how nursing contributes to developing clinical effectiveness in wound healing. The multidisciplinary team approach used here builds on recommendations by Edmonds...

... across four clinical areas: dyspepsia, lipids, eczema, and menorrhagia. Local guideline developers largely appear to be unconvinced that investment of time and resources in “proper” guideline development is cost‐effective. At the same time, primary care professionals’ views about future NICE guidelines...

... as the vehicle for bringing about quality; for example, in terms of being a group for learning from experience. Chief executives are going to need to create a culture of developmental review, and the team is likely to be the means of delivering this, so team leadership and team development are key forerunners...

... threefold: lessons for future evaluations, providing a focus for development and broadening discussions around complementary therapies. This is not a linear problem‐solving model but a complex developmental model which has short, medium and long term potential. Something occurred that would not have...