Risk Management and Clinical Governance

Question 1

What is clinical governance?

Answer 1

System through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating environment in which excellent care will flourish

Question 2

What are the 4 key domains of research governance?

Answer 2

Adverse event and clinical risk management
Continuous improvement
Person centeredness
Clinical effectiveness

Question 3

What are the components of clinical effectiveness?

Answer 3

Guidelines, clinical audit, outcome measures, health economics, research and development, evidence based practice

Question 4

What are the components of adverse events and clinical risk management?

Answer 4

Adverse event review, continuity plan, risk management, patient safety, regulating compliance

Question 5

What are the components of continuous improvement?

Answer 5

Evaluation, education and training, improvement programmes, collaberatives

Question 6

What are the components of person centeredness?

Answer 6

Volunteering, patient experience, communications and engagement, participation, feedback, equality and diversity

Question 7

What are some triggers for risk reporting?

Answer 7

Maternal death, intrapartum stillbirth, admission to ITU, shoulder dystocia, APGAR<7, unable to transfer to labour suite, staff shortage, near miss

Question 8

Why do people risk report?

Answer 8

Don’t want it to happen again, improve services for everyone, identify operational issues, ensure safe practice is occurring, protect public, learn from mistakes