An initiative that aims to assure and improve clinical standards at local level throughout the NHS. This includes action to ensure that risks are avoided, adverse events are rapidly detected, openly investigated and lessons learned, good practice is rapidly disseminated and systems are in place to ensure continuous improvements in clinical care.
This is how we make sure we treat patients safely and effectively. It is about how we improve the quality of care by encouraging a culture of excellence in our staff and it is about how we involve patients in decisions related to their care..
a framework through which NHS organisations and individual professionals are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care
An initiative to ensure and improve clinical standards at local level throughout the NHS. It covers areas such as education and training, managing risk and maintaining clinical standards.
a national framework through which NHS bodies are accountable for continuously improving the quality and clinical effectiveness of the services they provide. This includes action to ensure that risks are avoided, that adverse events are rapidly detected, openly investigated and lessons learned, that good practice is rapidly disseminated and that systems are in place to ensure continuous improvements in clinical care.
A single system to identify, implement, monitor and improve clinical standards at local level
A system through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care, by creating an environment in which clinical excellence will flourish.
an initiative aimed at providing best possible standards of clinical care throughout the NHS. Important features of clinical governance are: education, research and the sharing of good practice; continuous quality improvement; user involvement; multidisciplinary team working.
Clinical governance is the term used in the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) and private healthcare system to describe a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care.
