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/clinical-knowledge/drugs-alcohol
- Alcohol – AUDIT Screening Tool.docx
- Alcohol – binge monitoring form.rtf
- Alcohol – CAGE questionnaire.docx
- Alcohol – chlordiazepoxide reducing blank table.docx
- alcohol – chlordiazepoxide reducing standard regime.pdf
- alcohol – chlordiazepoxide regime for severe dependance.pdf
- Alcohol – how to cut down your drinking for patients.rtf
- alcohol – the 10 min approach by calderdale 2014.ppt
- Alcohol Diary & Unit Strengths.docx
- alcohol misuse – a gp approach.ppt
- Alcohol Misuse – dual diagnosis, detox and prevention.pptx
- Alcohol Misuse – identifiation and brief intervention.pptx
- Alcohol Problems on 2 Sides of A4.pdf
- Alcohol Responsible Drinking Guide.docx
- Drug Dependance & Withdrawal – 5 Medicines To Watch Out For.pdf
- Drug Misuse & Dependence – a comprehensive guide.pptx
- Drug Misuse – an intro.pptx
- Drug Misuse – resources.docx
- Drug Misuse Treatment Agreements.docx
- Drug Use Diary 1 – for patients.docx
- Drug Use Diary 2 – for patients.rtf
- Drug Withdrawal Schedules – the Ashton Guidelines.docx
- Drugs – Benzo Equivalence Table.pdf
- Drugs – Benzodiazepine Prescribing and Withdrawal Guide.docx
- Drugs – Benzos and Z drugs.pptx
- Drugs – Buprenorphine Withdrawal Regime.pdf
- Drugs – Controlled Prescription Writing.pdf
- Drugs – Dihydrocodeine Withdrawal Regime.pdf
- Drugs – Harm Minimisation.docx
- Drugs – Methadone Detox Regime.pdf
- Drugs – Naltrexone Protocol.pdf
- Drugs – Opioids — from heroin to pain management.pptx
- Smoking Cessation – Behavioural & Brief Interventions.docx
- Smoking Cessation Management – reference guide.docx
- Smoking Cessation Medications.pptx
- Smoking E-cigs and Medications.pptx
- TEACHING – alcohol misuse tutorial.docx
- TEACHING – alcohol quiz.docx
- TEACHING – Drug Misuse Cases.docx
- TEACHING – Substance Misuse Teaching Plan.docx
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