Clinical Governance – The 7 Pillars
Clinical Governance - The 7 Pillars
Objectives
By the end of these revision notes, you should:
What is Clinical Governance?
Clinical governance is a quality assurance process. It aims to maintain and improve the standards of care for patients, with full accountability of the system towards patients. Clinical governance is a subject often discussed in dental speciality training and core training, it is therefore important to have a solid understanding of what is involved in clinical governance. The best way to learn and remember the aspects of clinical governance is by addressing the 7 pillars.
The 7 Pillars of Clinical Governance
1) Clinical Effectiveness and Research
As healthcare professionals, we should always use the best available evidence and research to inform our decision-making for patients. Through this, we are able to get the best possible outcomes for patients and work in their best interests. This includes evidence-based practice when deciding treatments for patients.
- Utilisation of standards and guidelines to help inform decisions in a healthcare setting. For example, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence wisdom tooth guidelines when considering removing a wisdom tooth. You can see other guidelines here.
- Where guidelines or standards aren’t available, we should actively be carrying out research to form new guidelines and standards to continuously improve our level of care.
2) Audit
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3) Risk Management
4) Education and Training
5) Patient and Public Involvement
6) Information and IT
Summary