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/teaching-learning/english-writing-speaking
- apostrophes.doc
- avoid clichés in your writing.docx
- capitalise or not.docx
- colons and semicolons.docx
- common english word errors.doc
- common errors in written english language.doc
- common errors with nouns and noun phrases.doc
- common mistakes in grammar – split infinitives etc.doc
- first person singular vs first person plural – I or we.docx
- ice and ise – practice vs practise.docx
- italics and dashes.docx
- may vs might.docx
- plagiarism – the thin grey line.doc
- punctuation grammar and spelling in a nutshell.doc
- question marks and fullstops.docx
- referencing – harvard 1.pdf
- referencing – harvard 2.pdf
- some common mistakes in writing and how to avoid them.doc
- with regards to – is wrong.docx
- writing a book or article.doc
- you and I.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