Interview Flashcards
What is CQC? How do we get involved in it? List 5!!
- Is it safe? Are you protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Is it effective? Does your care, treatment and support achieve good results and help you maintain your quality of life, and is it based on the best available evidence?
- Is it caring? Do staff involve you and treat you with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect?
- Is it responsive? Are services organised so that they can meet your needs?
- Is it well-led? Does the leadership of the organisation make sure that it’s providing high-quality care that’s based around your needs? And does it encourage learning and innovation and promote an open and fair culture?
What is clinical governance?
help sustain and improve high standards of patient care in the NHS.
7 pillars
which form the framework, and which healthcare organisations are accountable for.
- Clinical effectiveness- best evidence and research for optimum outcomes for patients. This includes:
Following evidence-based practice when deciding on treatment options
Sticking to standards and guidelines to help inform care
- Risk management -
methods to understand, monitor, and minimise risks to both patients and staff -
Carrying out risk assessments and reporting any incidents or near misses
Identifying any problem areas in treatments
3.CLINICAL AUDIT
This pillar requires audits to be carried out to evaluate the standard of existing care against the gold standard. It ensures any shortcomings are identified,
4.STAFF MANAGEMENT
This pillar ensures the right staff are employed for the right jobs, professional development is encouraged, and a good work environment is in place. This includes:
- EDUCATION AND TRAINING
This pillar highlights the importance of ongoing education and training of staff to ensure their knowledge and practice is both up-to-date and evolving as new developments in healthcare are identified, so the best possible care is given at all times.
Student take wrong xray
- Check xray- double check details of the patient.
- Duty of Candour- to be truthful and transparent to patients
- Apologise and correct the mistake.
- Escalate the issue andDATIX the incident
- Learn from the incident and prevent it from happening again by explaining the importance of double checking the examination.
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