Enhancing the collaborative review of NHS Education for Scotland's mentor preparation framework.

Service review and redesign across the UK are moving towards an integrated health, social and third sector care system, and at the heart of the integration agenda is improving patient care through multistakeholder engagement and collaboration. Nurse managers are integral to supporting, sustaining and embedding this agenda by co-operating with the various stakeholders involved and at times managing them. Stakeholder analysis is a core aspect of stakeholder management.This article offers some insights and recommendations for managers by describing how Bunn et al's (2002) five-step stakeholder analysis process was used to support successful stakeholder collaboration in the revision of the core curriculum mentorship framework for Scotland.