clinical governance

noun

1. a systematic approach to raising standards of health care and tackling poor performance in hospitals

Example Sentences

The inquiry will determine whether patients were let down by failures in clinical governance, risk management, and complaints procedures, and to what extent Eljamel's private practice, research, and workload impacted on the care received by his patients within NHS Tayside.

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"Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression may be used with normal arrangements for clinical governance and audit."

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The physicians, Traynor said, retain full responsibility for clinical governance, and that is protected by a permanent contract provision binding on all future owners.

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A spokeswoman said: "Some of these recommendations have already been addressed as clinical governance and assurance processes in Tayside have significantly evolved and improved."

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NHS Tayside said it had apologised and significantly improved its clinical governance.

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