Auditing the impact of implementing the Modern Matron role in an acute teaching trust.

Aim: This paper describes how an acute teaching trust established the role of Senior Nurses (Modern Matrons) and an audit that was undertaken 12 months after they were appointed to evaluate the role.

Background: The concept of the Modern Matron was introduced in 2000 and all trusts had to implement the role by April 2002.

Methods: The audit comprised: measurement of progress against agreed corporate objectives and questionnaires to all senior nurses and a range of trust staff staff.