The Trust will be uncomfortably aware of the time, and the cost of the venture, but results are likely to be in short supply. Negative propaganda relating to supervision may begin. The Trust recruits external supervisors. Information systems are slow or ineffective. The Trust is perceived as untrustworthy, or eager to achieve Brownie Points .
Supervisors believe themselves to be, or are encouraged to see themselves as The Chosen Few .
A culture of suspicion exists. There has been much debate concerning the relevance of clinical supervision to nursing practice. Now many areas are almost paralysed by conflicting information overload. Meanwhile, everyone remains rightfully concerned about the people who use the service, those employed by it, and how much it all costs. As witness to many different teams and their adoption of clinical supervision, we became interested in why some succeed so well, while others fail.