Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to B Hallawell.
Colleges of nursing and midwifery are experiencing great change in their working environment and are now expected to offer cost-effective, high quality training and education. Mid Trent College of Nursing and Midwifery has met the challenge by introducing quality management strategies. This article explores their development.
This article describes the key structures, processes and principles that have been used by the Mid Trent College to implement total quality management and examines some of the staff reactions to the implementation.
This article gives an overview of the draft of the London Learning Disability Plan developed by the Department of Health, Social Services Inspectorate and the National Health Service Executive. The London Plan is founded on a social model of disability in which there is not only a strong focus on health and social care, but also an integration with housing, education, employment, leisure and other relevant organizations. It advocates integrated commissioning and delivery of specialist learning disability services that will require both health services and nurses to change existing structures and interventions. New forms of workforce development will emerge and clarification will be required about the future role of learning disability nurses within London. Information specific to the Plan is gathered from the Department of Health's learning disabilities Web site. The Plan is laid out in four booklets, one of which (Booklet 2: 'Services to Improve People's Lives') was not available at the time of writing. The article thus contains information and proposals that may be altered by subsequent publication.
The authors report how a college has attempted to gauge the perception of its 'consumers' on the quality of service they are providing. Using the results of a questionnaire survey of its students, the college is now able to incorporate the students' views into its total quality management initiatives.