What is clinical governance?

Journal List BJA Educ v.19(6); 2019 Jun PMC7808043 As a library, NLM provides access to scientific literature. Inclusion in an NLM database does not imply endorsement of, or agreement with, the contents by NLM or the National Institutes of Health. Learn more: PMC Disclaimer | PMC Copyright Notice BJA Educ. 2019 Jun; 19(6): 174–175. Published online 2019 Mar 20. doi:10.1016/j.bjae.2019.02.003PMCID: PMC7808043PMID: 33456887A.J.R. Macfarlane1,2Author information Article notes Copyright and License information PMC DisclaimerClinical governance may be defined as ‘the framework through which healthcare organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high quality of care’.1 Improving quality should be a core value of healthcare institutions worldwide; indeed, following the Health Care Act 1999 there is a statutory ‘duty of quality’ for healthcare providers in the UK.2 Several clinical governance ‘frameworks’ or ‘pillars’ exist, but all f...