title: Planning quality: one region's approach.
abstract: Rosemary Webster describes an initiative taken in Mersey Region to ensure all nurses understand the importance of standard setting. The initiative, prompted by a number of factors, saw the establishment of a steering group whose Statement of Purpose outlined a framework for standard setting in each district. As a result, nurses are now playing a leading role in this increasingly important aspect of health care.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Webster
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012040:Regional Health Planning