title: Improving ward management.
abstract: This article describes the development, implementation and evaluation of an audit process--the nursing annual audit review--to improve nursing management systems on wards in a large NHS foundation trust. It is set in the context of healthcare governance and improving the quality of services provided by healthcare organisations.
authors.affiliation: Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham. hilary.walker@heartofengland.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Etches
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D013222:State Medicine; D017749:Total Quality Management; D006113:United Kingdom