title: National service frameworks: what are they?
abstract: This article describes policy developments surrounding the creation of national service frameworks. The national service framework for mental health is used as an example to highlight the content of the framework and the way it has been received.
authors.affiliation: RCN Institute, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Currie
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards; D020380:Needs Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom