Clinical Governance: An International Journal: Volume 13 Issue 4

Delays to operating encountered by plastic surgery trauma patients

NCEPOD states that all emergency patients must have prompt access to theatres, critical care facilities, and appropriately trained staff 24 hours/day, every day of the year. The…

Improving patient care and clinical governance through the utilisation of a clinical information system

This paper seeks to provide an overview of how the involvement of clinicians in the design and implementation of an electronic clinical information system has contributed towards…

Referrals between consultants. The wait to be seen in a specialist plastic surgery hand clinic

The purpose of this article to study referrals to our hand service to find out how long they had been waiting and with what sort of clinical conditions. The Department of Health…

Validity and reliability of the CARE Measure in secondary care

The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure is a validated tool for assessing the patients' perception of the doctors' communication in primary care. The present study…

Adverse incidents in gynaecology: anything for doctors?

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of incident reporting within the Department of Gynaecology at Trafford General Hospital.

Overzealous oversight of healthcare quality improvement projects

This paper seeks to describe a recent impasse resulting from failure of a federal oversight agency to distinguish between observational studies documenting the impact of quality…

Measuring compliance with surgical antibiotic protocols: an intervention

The purpose of the paper is to measure compliance with agreed protocols for prophylactic antibiotics for five elective procedures: transurethral resection of the prostate…

It's good to talk: Telephone help‐lines for health professionals can support effective and safe working practices

The paper's aim is to consider the value of medicolegal telephone help‐lines for doctors.

Absorbent products for urinary/faecal incontinence: a comparative evaluation of key product designs

Note from the publisher

Reviews of effectiveness

A systematic review of duplex ultrasound, magnetic resonance angiography and computed tomography angiography for the diagnosis and assessment of symptomatic, lower limb peripheral arterial disease

Adult bone marrow-derived cells for cardiac repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The acute effects of exercise on cigarette cravings, withdrawal symptoms, affect and smoking behaviour: a systematic review

Health technology assessment

Intravenous magnesium sulphate and sotalol for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery: a systematic review and economic evaluation

Better information for better health

NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme

Clinical Governance: An International Journal

Accuracy of electrocardiography in diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in arterial hypertension: systematic review

A meta-analysis of family-behavioral weight-loss treatments for children

Acute bipolar mania: a systematic review and meta-analysis of co-therapy vs monotherapy

ACL reconstruction: a meta-analysis of functional scores

A preliminary model-based assessment of the cost-utility of a screening programme for early age-related macular degeneration