Review : Maintaining and measuring quality care: a discussion of the Maxwell Approach

Abstract

■ Quality assurance and audit ensures that standards are maintained and resources are used effectively

■ Maxwell's Dimensions of Health Care Quality facilitate the establishment of concise standards covering every aspect of the neonatal service

■ A bottom up-top led approach to quality empowers midwives and neonatal nurses to retain or win back the service in which they are the main provider

Keywords

Audit Bottom-up top-led approach Maxwell's framework Neonatal intensive care Standard setting Quality assurance

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