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/quality-improvement/qia/audit
- audit-samples
- audit-tools
- 4 step guide to audit.pdf
- audit – a practical guide for primary care.pdf
- audit – an intro.doc
- audit – choosing an area to look at.doc
- audit – criterion setting using a donabedian approach.ppt
- audit – falling in love with audit (with slide notes).ppt
- audit – how to write it up.doc
- audit – practical tips.pdf
- audit – principles for best practice by nice.pdf
- audit – simple steps to success.pdf
- audit – structured reflective template.doc
- audit – the easy guide for gp trainees.doc
- audit guidance from rcgp.pdf
- audit guide.doc
- audit in general practice.pdf
- audit on one side of a4.pdf
- audit theory – the basics.pdf
- audit theory.ppt
- audit training by manchester.pdf
- audit vs research vs evaluation.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 01 what is clinical audit.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 02 intro to clinical audit.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 03 choose a topic.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 04 setting aims objectives and standards.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 05 sample and data collection.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 06 data analysis and presenting.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 07 the write upt.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 08 implementing change.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 09 involving patients.pdf
- bristol audit guide – 10 the ethics of audit.pdf
- clinical audit – a manual by hquip.pdf
- clinical audit by rcgp.pdf
- clinical audit for medical students.pdf
- clinical audit report – developing a patient friendly report.pdf
- definitions for clinical audit.pdf
- double cycle audit.pdf
- ideas for audit in gp.docx
- practical guide to clinical audit from ireland.pdf
- sample size calculator.xls
- sea versus audit.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