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Question 1

Define clinical governance

Answer 1

Clinical governance is a statutory duty for quality of care on
healthcare organisations. It is a framework by which NHS
organisations are accountable for continuously improving the
quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by
creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will
flourish.

Question 2

How do you know an instrument is effective?

Answer 2

Is there published work showing that the reliability and validity of this instrument
have been established?
• Have there been other published studies that have used this instrument successfully?
• Is there anything about the way the instrument was developed that might affect its
appropriateness for use by you?
• Is it suitable for the area of interest?
• Does it adequately reflect patients’ concerns in this area?
• Is the instrument acceptable to patients?
• Is it sensitive to change?
• Is it easy to administer and analyse?

Question 3

Advantages of qualitative approach

Answer 3

• Could measure different concerns raised by different conditions of child’s health
• Could find relationships between things
• Could include a large number of parents
• Could check reliability by using test/retest on a sample of respondents
• Could establish validity by comparing with some other measure of concerns
• Could use an existing questionnaire with demonstrated validity and reliability