title: Do or die. Presents an initiative for improving the quality of patient care.
abstract: Over the recent past, a number of different approaches to quality improvement have been introduced to the field of health-care delivery. Presents an overview of the approach developed at Brighton Health Care Trust. Outlines the strategic approach incorporating: the recognition of the need for staff education to enable them to participate fully in improving the quality of patient care; the identification of seven core components; the development of an educational package; and the development of a structure to support the implementation.
authors.affiliation: Brighton Health Care NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Parsley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004739:England; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000592:standards; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007857:Leadership; D008485:Medical Audit; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D017749:Total Quality Management