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/palliative-care
- 10 ways to help the bereaved and mourning.pdf
- 2ww referral – patient leaflet 2020.pdf
- a model of good practice for palliative care.doc
- advance care plan – top tips.pdf
- advance care planing – universal principles document.pdf
- advance care planning.pptx
- advanced care plans – emergency care plans – lasting power of attorney – RESPECT.pptx
- assessing spiritual needs.pdf
- bereavement guidance.pdf
- bereavement reaction assessment tool.docx
- bereavement risk assessment tool – BRAT.pdf
- cancer communication toolkit by NW London Cancer Network.pdf
- cancer referral guidelines – macmillan 2023.pdf
- cases – death dying and the coroner.doc
- cases – pain management.ppt
- cases – terminal care.doc
- chf and palliation.pdf
- complementary therapies in cancer care.pdf
- creative health reading list.pdf
- death and dying conversations – and looking after ourselves.ppsx
- decision making at end of life.ppt
- DNACPR policy rotherham.pdf
- ds1500 form.doc
- dying with dignity.ppt
- e is for energy.pdf
- emergencies in cancer care – tutorial.doc
- emergency care plans – discussing – infographic.pdf
- home visits to dying patients – fab prompts and tlc.docx
- improving cancer care.ppt
- improving diagnosis of cancer – a toolkit for gp.pdf
- on talking with cancer patients by Dr McAdam.pdf
- opioid conversion chart 2021.pptx
- oral cancer aide memoire.pdf
- pain control – fentanyl patches – guidelines for use.pdf
- pain control – opioid conversion diagram – leeds 2016.pdf
- pain control – opioid conversion diagram – the best.doc
- pain control – opioid conversion table.pdf
- pain control.pdf
- palliative care – from worcester vts.ppt
- palliative care – not just opiates.ppt
- palliative care – top ten tips.pdf
- palliative care end of life top tips 2020.pdf
- palliative care handbook by rowans hospice 2019.pdf
- palliative care handbook by wessex 2019 – exceptional.pdf
- palliative medicine core curriculum.doc
- palliative medicine with an elderly focus.pdf
- pbl on death and dying.doc
- pepsi-cola holistic reviews.doc
- practicalities of palliative care.ppt
- primary palliative care – a model of good practice.doc
- prognostic indicators.pdf
- quality improvement toolkit for early diagnosis of cancer.pdf
- ReSPECT – communication tips.docx
- ReSPECT – core competencies.docx
- ReSPECT – emergency care treatment form – what it is and what it is not.docx
- ReSPECT competences document.doc
- ReSPECT Conversations in COVID.pdf
- symptom control – confusional states in advanced cancer.pdf
- symptom control – dyspnoea.pdf
- symptom control – nausea and vomiting in palliative care.ppt
- symptom control – nausea and vomiting.pdf
- symptom control – nausea and vomiting.ppt
- symptom control – quick guide rotherham.pdf
- ten top tips for palliative care patients.pdf
- terminal care – agitation.pdf
- terminal care – anticipatories.ppt
- terminal care – anticipatory drug prescribing.pdf
- terminal care – anticipatory medication.doc
- terminal care – breathlessness.pdf
- terminal care – end stage disease indicators.pdf
- terminal care – estimating length of life in palliative patients.pdf
- terminal care – nausea & vomiting.pdf
- terminal care – pain control.pdf
- terminal care – secretions.pdf
- terminal care – symptom control in the last 48 hours (1).pdf
- terminal care – symptom control in the last 48 hours (2).pdf
- terminal care – symptom control last days.pdf
- when someone dies – practical aspects.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