1st Edition
Clinical Governance in a Changing NHS
232 Pages
by
CRC Press
The introduction of clinical governance has already had a major impact on health care in the UK. Its implementation is crucial in enabling the quality of health care to become the driving force for the development of health services. Clinical governance is the responsibility of managers and clinicians working at all levels within trusts. Therefore it is vital to have access to clearly written,... Read more
Preface 1. Resisting cultural change 2. Fixing the broken triangle: Improving patient and public involvement in clinical governance, locally and nationally 3. Organizational culture: Cultural indicators as a tool for performance improvement 4. Care pathways: Improving the patient journey 5. Back to the future - Infection control moves back to the heart of corporate governance 6. Accurate clinical information: From myth to reality? 7. The nursing and midwifery contribution to clinical governance 8. The role of the medical director in ensuring high-quality Care 9. Work experience and training for future doctors 10. Publishing individual mortality rates 11. Professional self-regulation, re validation, poor performance and clinical governance 12. Quality and clinical governance in out-of-hours care 13. Chronic disease and the implications for clinical governance, Index.
Biography
Myriam Lugon, Consultant, Clinical Governance and Health-Care Policy, London. Jonathan Secker-Walker, Emeritus Consultant, University College London Hospitals, London.
This is a serious reference. It would be most useful to clinicians, clinical governance leads, medical staff and students. The book provides helpful examples and insights.
Nursing Standard
I recommend this book to every professional and clinical leader. It gives a fast and easy to read overview of important topics to improve patient care...I look forward to reading the fourth book in this series.
International Journal of Integrated Care
Contemporary examples, including high profile cases such as the 'Shipman' and the 'Bristol' inquiries, are cited throughout this book, giving the reader a real sense that clinical governance is everybody's business...captures much of the debate around the modernisation of the National Health Service, setting out with much clarity different theories and models of understanding that exist in this domain. It is therefore welcome reading for managers and staff at all levels who wish to be better informed, not only about the importance of clinical governance but also about the way clinical governance should be delivered today.
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