title: Managing a national pilot site project. The Derby Theatre Project experience.
abstract: The National Theatre Project was set up in March 2001 by the Modernization Agency to improve the patient and carer experience, improve employee satisfaction, optimise theatre utilisation and reduce cancelled operations. This is the first in a series of four articles, looking at issues involved in managing a national project, improving operating theatre performance and how to engage the organisation in innovation and change.
authors.affiliation: Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ainsworth
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom