The journal is known for its reviews and clinical governance articles.

Open proceedings and discussion about clinical governance issues should be a feature of the framework.

Clinical governance is a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care within a health system.

Clinical governance is composed of at least the following elements:

Clinical governance is the mechanism by which that responsibility is discharged.

The system of clinical governance brings together all the elements which seek to promote quality of care.

They have commissioned research (March 2010) and expect that in future, clinical governance will be provided either free or on a not-for-profit basis.

This has necessitated some charities buying expensive clinical governance services from independent "for profit" companies.

The six pillars of clinical governance are:

Swage T.; Clinical governance in health care practice.

Clinical governance and re-validation: the role of clinical audit, Education in Pathology.

Clinical governance is not a supply for VAT purposes, and this funding is outside the scope.

This includes not only hand-on patient care but also training and education of staff, credentials, clinical governance and audit, research activity, ethical standards etc.

Governance (both clinical governance and corporate governance)

The report led to greater emphasis on clinical governance within the NHS and the publication of the performance ratings of individual heart surgeons.

Clinical governance is provided by EMSC.

N. Starey, 'What is clinical governance?'

Clinical audit comes under the Clinical Governance umbrella and forms part of the system for improving the standard of clinical practice.

This payment also covers 'clinical governance', i.e. an element of it funds the professional delivery of NHS pharmacy services.

Shan Kennedy, of the hospital's clinical governance department, said they wished to apologise publicly "for the shortcomings in Mrs Roberts' care and the nursing standard".

Bolsin's actions led directly to a major government inquiry, the Kennedy Report which made wide-ranging recommendations about reform of clinical governance in UK hospitals.

The concept of "integrated governance" has emerged to refer jointly to the corporate governance and clinical governance duties of healthcare organisations.

Beyond that, the Trust and its various clinical departments are obliged to interpret the principle of clinical governance into locally appropriate structures, processes, roles and responsibilities.

The clinical governance lead ultimately retains accountability for clinical audit, but may choose to delegate this role to another, the clinical audit lead.

Clinical Governance Support Team, A Practical Handbook for Clinical Audit.