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Comprehensive standards

19 Standards relating to the quality of clinical care must not be seen solely in relation to care at the bedside. One of the significant lessons of Bristol is the effect which the organisation and management of a service has on the quality of clinical care. Thus standards must also relate to all the relevant aspects of management of care. This is clearly recognised in the `Manual of Cancer Services Standards'. [12]

Footnotes

[12] NHS Executive. `Manual of Cancer Services Standards'. December 2000. The manual includes standards for the way in which multi-disciplinary clinical teams should work and standards for the organisation and management of cancer networks and cancer units