This paper offers health commissioning agencies and general practice fundholders a practical guide to developing and using health and race standards in their contract quality specifications. It draws on collective experiences of district health authorities over the years 1992-1995. Standards for acute and community providers are specified in the fields ...
These standards and criteria provide nursing homes with the means to evaluate practice and to stimulate development. They provide staff with an opportunity to question what they do, why they do it and whether it could be done better. These standards have been refined by the King's Fund Organisational Audit ...