Clinical governance: assuring the sacred duty of trust to patients
Clinical Governance: An International Journal
ISSN: 1477-7274
Article publication date: 1 January 2006
Abstract
Purpose
To hammer home that clinical governance is the defining heart and inspiration of quality in the NHS and to expand on its implementation by all concerned.
Design/methodology/approach
Lists the ideal aspects and attributes of clinical governance.
Findings
Finds that clinical governance is a sine qua non and mandatory lever for achieving quality in the NHS and that whatever changes are necessary must be fully carried out.
Originality/value
Arguably, coming as it does from the top of the hierarchy, this posits the most soul‐searching advocacy of clinical governance's importance for the NHS so far presented.
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Citation
Halligan, A. (2006), "Clinical governance: assuring the sacred duty of trust to patients", Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/14777270610646967
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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