British Journal of Clinical Governance: Volume 6 Issue 3
Table of contents
The processes and costs of local guideline development: experiences from the Path.Finder NHS consortium
Amanda Bowens, Mike Robinson, Ruth McDonald, Phil AyresThe Path.Finder NHS consortium consists of ten acute hospitals sharing a common approach to the production and dissemination of local information for primary care, including…
Barriers to clinical guidelines: the need for concerted action
Robbie Foy, Anne Walker, Gillian PenneyAims to provide a framework for identifying barriers to the implementation of a clinical guideline by examining a clinical effectiveness programme and a review of relevant…
Enabling clinical governance: a primary care audit of prescribing for heart failure in central Auckland, New Zealand
Stephen Buetow, Gregor CosterThere is little evidence that treatment advances have improved the prognosis of heart failure in the community. One explanation is the failure of doctors to undertake necessary…
High‐dependency care: findings of a prospective needs assessment study
C. Kalayi, S.D. Blair, M. MaxwellAims to determine the bed requirement for a large district general hospital with a four‐bedded surgical high‐dependency unit (HDU). All admissions from 1 December 1997 to 28…
Regional research and development network supporting professions allied to medicine
R.D. Plant, C. Lossing‐RangecroftSix professions allied to medicine (PAMs) participated in a one‐year project designed to provide a novel self‐sustaining framework within which to increase research and…
The new CONSORT system
Alan Earl SlaterExamines a particular system for reporting clinical trials: the revised CONSORT system. Identifies its evolution and key components, indicating who may go on to use it, posting…
The role of the Ombudsman in the risk management process
Jane CowanConsiders the role of the Ombudsman’s office in the NHS. It also stresses that, whilst improvements have already been made in the format and style of investigation reports, these…