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Flashcards in Clinical Governance Deck (2)
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What is clinical governance?

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A system through which NHS organisations are accountable for continually improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish

(The process by which the Trust can ensure that present and future clinical and managerial practices are of the highest recognised standards)

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What is meant by the clinical governance elephant?

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It is the idea that everyone has a different view on what clinical governance means, therefore they are all trying towards different goals and may be fighting each other rather than working towards a common goal of clinical governance.