title: Introducing clinical governance in an acute trust.
abstract: The introduction of clinical governance is a major imperative for the NHS. This paper describes the initial actions taken in a large acute trust to prepare for the clinical governance process. While this description is particular to one trust, it is hoped that it offers some generalizable lessons.
authors.affiliation: South Tees Acute Hospitals Trust, Middlesbrough.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Haslock
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003142:Communication; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom