Bradford VTS Online Resources:
Patient Safety & Quality of Care
Clinical Governance
path: For LEADERSHIP – see main ONLINE RESOURCES > THE GP IN THE WIDER PROF. ENVIRONMENT/mrcgp/cbd
- a constructivist approach to the cbd.doc
- beginners guide to cbd by rcgp.ppt
- cbd – some ideas about how to do one for trainers.docx
- cbd assessor self rating scale.doc
- cbd assessors – self rating scale.doc
- cbd by yh deanery.pptx
- cbd cat blank marking sheet and detailed criteria – rcgp.docx
- cbd cat mapping.doc
- cbd help for trainers.pptx
- cbd on 2 sides of A4 for consultants.doc
- cbd on 2 sides of A4 for trainers.doc
- cbd question guidance from RCGP.doc
- cbd question maker for consultants.doc
- cbd question maker for trainers.doc
- cbd template for trainees.docx
- community orientataion in relation to the curriculum.doc
- community orientation – a summary.docx
- community orientation – how to evidence it in your eportfolio.pptx
- community orientation – what it means.docx
- community orientation in full.ppt
- community orientation summary.doc
- community orientation two sides of A4.doc
- competency descriptors in detail.pdf
- fitness to practice appraisal and revalidation.ppt
- hot tips for doing a cbd.doc
- medical complexity – what does it mean.pdf
- practical guide to cbd by nav channa.pdf
Clinical governance is “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 excellence in clinical care will flourish.” (Scally and Donaldson 1998, p.61). Clinical governance is an umbrella term. It covers activities that help sustain and improve high standards of patient care. Doctors may already be familiar with some of these activities, quality and safety improvement, for example. What is different is the effort to bind these activities together and make them more effective. Health care organisations now have a duty to the communities they serve for maintaining the quality and safety of care. Whatever structures, systems and processes an organisation puts in place, it must be able to show evidence that standards are upheld. The Bradford VTS website aims to promote a better understanding of clinical governance with this web resource. It wants to help GP trainees (and trainers) to become more involved with local and national quality improvement projects.
There are 5 key themes of clinical governance.
1. Patient Focus 2. Quality Improvement 3. Staff Focus 4. Leadership 5. Information Focus