title: Setting standards for clinical care in Scotland.
abstract: The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland was set up to reassure the public that standards of care in the country's NHS were of the highest quality. This article describes the model adopted to write, assess and monitor national standards related to three key clinical priorities: cancer, coronary heart disease and mental health.
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010380:Peer Review; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012606:Scotland