title: Network news.
abstract: Members of the Standards of Care project the QUAN Steering Group attended International Symposium on Quality in Washington DC in May. were given by June Girvin and Dunn about the use of the Dynamic Standard Setting System (DySSSy) by and by the research team from DySSSy' project which looks at the effect that standard setting has on patient care. Poster presentations were also presented on the work looking at classification systems by Anita McBride, and on the Standard Setting System by Sophie Hyndman and Gill Harvey, which scooped a prize for best poster. Interest in project was lively with a focus on the approach taken by DySSSy. For a full report see the article by Anita on page 11 .