Clinical governance

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• define how clinical governance should lead to quality improvement within a compassionate framework by supporting and empowering colleagues to practice the values of the NHS
• describe the different aspects of clinical governance as a platform for continuous improvement of patient centred services
• explain the purposes and methods of risk management in the NHS
• describe the application of the audit cycle
• outline the process for developing and applying clinical guidelines
• understand the use of peer review, multidisciplinary analysis and patient concerns to improve leaning by promoting transparency when assessing incidents
• describe how the NHS deals with complaints about its services
• understand the relationship between the service inspection by the care quality commission and clinical governance.

Miss Roshni R Patel MRCOG (2023)

Roshni Patel holds a PhD in obstetric epidemiology from the University of Bristol and is a Consultant Obstetrician in maternal medicine at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. She is the Head of O+G for undergraduates at Imperial College London and the lead obstetric collaborator for MBRRACE-UK.

Miss Eleanor Sein MRCOG (2023)

Eleanor Sein is a specialist registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She has an MD(res) in medical education from Imperial College London, a postgraduate diploma in Medical Education and has worked as a clinical teaching fellow for Imperial College London.

This course is intended to help clinicians gain core knowledge for O&G training and the MRCOG examinations. It can also be used by O&G consultants to refresh their knowledge of the area or for teaching.

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Macdonald M, Gosakan R, Cooper A, Fothergill D. Dealing with a serious incident requiring investigation in obstetrics and gynaecology: a training perspective. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 2014;16:109–14.

Gauld R, Horsburgh S. Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of clinical governance implementation: a qualitative NewZealand study of 3205 open ended survey comments. BMJ Open 2015;5:1-7.

Veenstra GL, Ahaus K, Welker GA, Heineman E, van der Laan MJ, Muntinghe FL. Rethinking clinical governance: healthcare professionals' views: a Delphi study. BMJ Open 2017;7:1.