special measures

== English == === Noun === special measures pl (plural only) (UK) External administration for a failing public service such as a school or hospital. 2015, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Good Governance Handbook, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) →ISBN, page 22 These organisations were put into special measures and their boards placed under high levels of scrutiny around how they were focusing on quality and patient safety issues. (Scots law) Judicial systems to protect vulnerable witnesses in courts of law. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special,‎ measures.