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/urgent-unscheduled-care
- commissioner provider OOH contract.docx
- emergencies in brief – the canbury saq.doc
- emergencies in detail – urgencies and emergencies saq.doc
- ESAQ emergencies self-assessment questionnaire.doc
- learning log OOH form – bedoc.docx
- learning log OOH form – ram.docx
- learning log OOH form – yh deanery.docx
- ooh clinical supervisor – duties and feedback form.doc
- ooh clinical supervisor support package.doc
- scenario ooh – death.doc
- scenario ooh – frantic telephone call.doc
- scenario ooh – palliative care.doc
- systm one OOH manual.pdf
- training ooh workbook.doc
- training ooh workshop – 0 session plan.doc
- training ooh workshop – 1 emergencies.doc
- training ooh workshop – 2 organisation of OOH.doc
- training ooh workshop – 3 making referrals.doc
- training ooh workshop – 4 communication skills.doc
- training ooh workshop – 5 whats special about OOH.pdf
- training ooh workshop – 6 telephone triage.pdf
- training ooh workshop – 7 unscheduled care course workbook.doc
- uuc – on one side of A4.docx
- uuc – self assessment tool.pdf
- uuc – things to reflect on and consider.docx
- uuc – which level of supervision for which st stage of trainee.docx
- uuc learning log form – bvts.docx
- write up uuc – example 1.doc
- write up uuc – example 2.doc
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