Governance and Management Report 2022

RUNNING HEAD: GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
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Governance and
Management
Student’s Details-
8/23/2019

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 1
Executive Summary
Clinical Governance is concerned with ensuring the quality of the care given to the
patients in the healthcare department by following a prescribed framework. This is related to the
concept of governance and management. The key purpose of the report is to show the role of
Clinical Governance within the healthcare departments and also ensuring various actions that are
needed to be taken for monitoring the safety standards for the patients within the clinical
departments. In the preparation of the report, academic books, journal articles and website
sources are used. The reports state the importance of quality care given to the patients and it also
focuses on the Iwi tribe for proving them with the primary care along with the identification of
the Clinical Governance Issues.

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 2
Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Origin and Relevance of Clinical Governance................................................................................3
Actions to monitor Quality and Safety............................................................................................4
Clinical Auditing..........................................................................................................................4
Training and Development...........................................................................................................4
Research and Clinical Effectiveness............................................................................................4
Risk Management........................................................................................................................5
Staff Management........................................................................................................................5
Engagement with Patients............................................................................................................5
Information Management.............................................................................................................5
Governance and Management Relationship with Respect to Clinical Governance........................5
Reflection on Clinical Governance Issues.......................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 3
Introduction
Governance refers to taking the relevant decision for financial planning and making the
policies catering for the organization goals and objectives (Tricker & Tricker, 2015). The
decisions taken by governance provide guidelines for the government. Management refers to the
activities of day-to-day operations of the business with respect to the policies and structure of the
organization. Both the terms are interrelated. Clinical Governance is concerned with maintaining
required standards and quality in context with healthcare organizations. This is done so as to
improve the care and services given to patients (Phillips, et al., 2010). Here, the report is
prepared on the role of Clinical Governance to maintain the quality within the healthcare. The
report discusses the origins and role of Clinical Governance along with an analysis of specific
actions that are undertaken to ensure quality and safety. Relationship between management and
governance with respect to Clinical Governance is also discussed along giving special focus on
the Iwi primary health care. Further, a reflection on the Clinical Governance issues against the
registered nurse when the framework of Clinical Governance is being implemented into the
organization is also discussed.
Origin and Relevance of Clinical Governance
Clinical Governance is a framework or model which was highlighted in the National
Health Service (NHS) white paper and was introduced in the late 1990s (McSherry & Pearce,
2011). It supports the local NHS organizations to maintain the statutory duty of quality. Clinical
Governance suitable for developing a regulatory framework for facilitating the delivery of
quality care to the patients and providing a learning culture where staff members can develop
strong relationship with the patients. In New Zealand, there is a bottom-up process that defines
the Clinical Governance as clinical leadership and is focused on clinical culture purposes (Gauld
& Horsburgh, 2015). Also, the model is used by the NHS organizations in order to be
accountable for maintaining the quality care to the patients and also safeguarding the standards
through creating an environment where all patients can get improved services. In other words,
Clinical Governance elaborates the systematic approach for taking initiatives for improvements