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/mental-health
- northumbria-self-help-leaflets
- other-self-help-leaflets
- abuse – acts of recovery – moving on form childhood abuse.pdf
- adult psychiatry in primary care.ppt
- antidepressant switching – maudsley.doc
- anxiety and stress.pdf
- anxiety disorder in a nutshell.pdf
- anxiety disorders – cases.doc
- child and adolescent psychiatry in primary care with slide notes.ppt
- child mental health tutorial.doc
- depression – cases.doc
- depression for gp.ppt
- depression.doc
- depression.ppt
- diagnostic check list for mental health problems.doc
- drugs of depression.ppt
- dual diagnoses – what to do.doc
- elderly – mental health in older people – a practice primer.pdf
- emergencies in psychiatry.doc
- emergencies in psychiatry.pdf
- history and examination in mental health.doc
- memory assessment test – 6CIT.doc
- memory assessment test – abbreviated amts.ppt
- memory assessment test – all the different types.pdf
- memory assessment test – detailed MMS and the form.docx
- memory assessment test – hodkinson test amts.doc
- mental capacity 2005 and IMCAs.pdf
- mental capacity act 2005 in brief.pdf
- mental capacity act 2005.ppt
- mental capacity act toolkit – bma.pdf
- mental capacity assessment form.doc
- mental health – an evidence based approach.rtf
- mental health act – cases.doc
- mental health act 2005 in detail.pdf
- mental health act and sectioning tutorial.doc
- mental health consultation with a young person.pdf
- mental health nsf.doc
- nocebo effect – example with statins and antidepressants.docx
- not overworrying.mp4
- panic attacks.ppt
- pbl mental health 1 (TEACHING RESOURCE).doc
- pbl mental health 2 (TEACHING RESOURCE).doc
- pbl mental health 3 (TEACHING RESOURCE).doc
- phq9.doc
- psychiatric medication monitoring.doc
- psychiatry core curriculum.doc
- psychological approaches in gp – teaching plan.doc
- psychological approaches in gp 1.ppt
- psychological approaches in gp 2.ppt
- psychology – minicounselling tips for GPs.doc
- psychology – understanding family therapy and geneograms (TEACHING RESOURCE).doc
- psychology – use cbt in your consultation.doc
- psychosis – acute.doc
- psychosis and early intervention.pdf
- ptsd – case discussion (TEACHING RESOURCE).doc
- ptsd – post traumatic stress disorder.ppt
- qt prolongation with psychotropic medication – what to do.pdf
- sections and suicide.ppt
- somatisation and associated disorders.doc
- stress management.ppt
- stress.doc
- suicidal risk assessment – 6 areas tool.docx
- suicidal risk assessment – 6 areas tool.pdf
- suicidal risk assessment – becks suicide intent scale.doc
- suicidal risk assessment – important notes.doc
- suicidal risk assessment – pierce suicide intent scale.doc
- suicidal risk assessment – TASR.docx
- suicidal risk assessment in children and adolescents.doc
- suicidal risk assessment in youths and students.pdf
- suicidal risk assessment with cases tutorial.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