title: A project to modernise the role of the ward manager.
abstract: Fractured neck of femur accounted for more than 1.7 million bed days in 2003 (Department of Health, 2003). This article discusses how the role of the ward manager on an older persons' trauma ward was modernised to provide a specialist service for outlying patients while maintaining ward management responsibility. This project is well established and has been successfully applied to coronary care.
authors.affiliation: Mayday University Hospital, Croydon.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000639:trends*