Quality assurance (QA) is being hailed as a 'new frontier'of nursing. Its diffusion into nursing
theory and practice in the United Kingdom is outlined. QA is not an alien import; favourable …

Research studies alluding to quality and quality assurance within the health care arena are
increasingly utilized to justify management initiatives, particularly in relation to the provision …

The Health Foundation (THF) is an independent charity that aims to improve health and the
quality of healthcare for people in the UK. It has a portfolio of activities including …

Background The quality of health care and its costs have been a subject of considerable
attention and lively discussion. Various methods have been introduced to measure, assess …

The terms' quality,'quality assurance'and'total quality management'have become
fashionable in local government and the health service. Preliminary research to assess …

This thesis sets out to account for the relative failure of Total Quality Management (TQM)
experiments installed in the NHS between 1990 and 1994. In the study, only two NHS pilot …

In last week's issue (p 235) we argued that the of which can act without the participation of
all the introduction of market conditions into the NHS, others. designed to achieve greater …

It is true that quality in healthcare means different things to different people, and that different
countries have tried different ways to improve it (AFP March 2012). 1 I have concerns about …

Whilst in some way, audits can be seen as positive in terms of bringing about external
accountability and regulation of high standards, the involvement of an approach in …