Clinical Governance in Health Care

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CLINICAL GOVERNANCE IN HEALTH CARE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARRY
Clinical governance is an aspect of health care that ensures the best quality outcomes possible for
patients in care provision. This essay will focus on clinical governance and its relevance in health
care. It will analyze the components of clinical governance. It will also discuss the association of
governance and management in clinical governance and its impact in primary health care.

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Contents
Introduction.......................................................................4
Analysis...........................................................................4
Relevance of clinical governance.......................................4
Components of clinical governance....................................5
Governance and management...........................................8
Personal reflective discussion...........................................9
Conclusion........................................................................10
References.........................................................................11

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Introduction
Clinical governance is an approach in which National Health Service organizations are
responsible for ensuring improvement in care delivery by continuously improving the quality of
their services and prioritizing the safety of all patients. It is a system in which these organizations
ensure progress in their care delivery to improve patient outcome. It’s a framework that provides
accountability by health organizations to continually improve the quality of their care services
and achieve the highest standards possible by providing an environment suitable for health care
to thrive (Epps et al, 2018). Clinical governance traces its origin from 1995 after the Bristol heart
scandal.
In this scandal, an anesthetist Dr. Stephen Bolsin exposed a high mortality rate among
the pediatric cardiac surgery patients. This called for an alarm to identify the root cause of the
happenings and secure a criteria in which care provision can be offered in the safest way
possible. Clinical governance aims at ensuring the development of recognizable high standards
of care in the clinical setting. In addition to this, the standards must be well and responsibly
accounted for to ensure transparency in the organizations (Ugur et al, 2017). Clinical governance
also aims at ensuring constant progress and improvement in care provision as well as safety of
the patients. The aim of this discussion is to critically analyze clinical governance in all aspects
and explain its role in ensuring quality in health care.
Analysis
Relevance of clinical governance
The relevance of clinical governance is that it ensures better health outcomes in patients
as there is continuous improvement and progress in the quality of care at all times. It is important