Clinical governance is the system by which LifeCome Hospitals should maintain and improve the quality, safety and accountability of clinical services.
Clinical governance covers patient safety, clinical protocols, infection prevention, medicines management, surgical safety, emergency care, maternal and newborn safety, incident reporting, audit and continuous improvement.
Recommended committees include Medical Advisory Committee, Quality & Patient Safety Committee, Infection Prevention & Control Committee, Medicines & Therapeutics Committee, Mortality & Morbidity Review Committee and Ethics & Complaints Committee.
Clinical services should operate through approved protocols, credentialed staff, documented responsibilities, regular audit and escalation procedures.
Feedback, complaints, patient experience surveys and incident learning should feed into service improvement.
Hospital leadership should review quality indicators, safety events, complaints, infection control, clinical audit results and improvement actions regularly.