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