... United Kingdom Back pain Musculoskeletal disorders Western industrialised countries NICE guidelines CSP-led musculoskeletal triage Musculoskeletal disorders represent a major public health problem in Western industrialised countries, placing significant burden on health services (Vos et...

... structures Clinical effectiveness Emerging health economies Neurology United Kingdom Organization of primary care and family medicine Solomon Islands Clinical Governance has become a well‐understood and valued concept within the UK health sector. The importance of a joined‐up service in which...

... the stakeholders (see Figure 1). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity Childhood Adolescent health services Clinical audit Clinical governance Transition to adult care Attention deficiency disorder United Kingdom ADHD is the commonest...

... Clinical governance Primary care United Kingdom National Health Service A review of the history of UK clinical governance helps set the context of my paper. The seminal UK paper describing the concept of clinical governance was published in 1998, a year after the inquiry into excessive deaths...

... at: k.barnes@blueyonder.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Paediatrics Nursing Advanced practice Paediatric ambulatory care National Health Service United Kingdom The new commissioning arrangements established by the Health and Social Care Act (2012) develop to a new level...

... Integration Recommendation Health care United Kingdom Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is estimated to affect 3‐9 per cent of school‐aged children and young people in the UK and 2 per cent of adults worldwide (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2008). ADHD...

... to the collapse of the policy [1] . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 General practice Health policy National Health Service United Kingdom There has been a significant amount of political unanimity and support behind the idea of locally based general practitioner (GP) commissioning...

... 2012 Training Nursing Organization Health services United Kingdom As the affordability of health care decreases, because of the twin pressures of increasing cost and static or reducing national incomes to pay for it, there is increasing pressure to innovate with services offering...

... services United Kingdom Policy documents introduced clinical governance as a mechanism by which the public can be assured that NHS organisations have comprehensive and robust systems in place for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of clinical care...

... Organizations Leadership National Health Service United Kingdom The National Health Service (NHS), established in 1948, is one of the largest public body employers in the world with 1.3 million employees (Medical News Today, n.d.). Its staff members are employed under a variety of different...

... management United Kingdom Handover of clinical care is an area of clinical risk where loss of data during the handover process can adversely affect patient care. The National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHSLA) of England has identified onsite handover of care as an essential criterion...

...Alexis Bowers Purpose The purpose of this study is to improve compliance with clinical risk procedures across a United Kingdom based mental health trust. Design/methodology/approach A cross‐sectional audit was carried out in April 2010. In total, 70 Risk Assessment Proformas (RAPS) were...

... committee needs to give a favourable opinion (National Research Ethics Service – NRES) (all research studies not only clinical trials). 2. The competent authority for the regulation of all EU Directive trials needs to have no objection (The competent authority – CA in the United Kingdom...

... less published of late, and this paper provides a contemporary perspective. Health care Patients Orthopaedics Primary care United Kingdom Organizational change When developing any new roles it has been recognised that most training is in house or “on the job” and is tailored to the needs...

... United Kingdom Clinical audit was introduced to improve the quality of patient care. It is an important part of clinical governance. All hospital doctors are expected to be involved in the process of clinical audit (Department of Health, 1991). It has also become an integral part of training...

... and McPhilips, 1995 ; Hodder Arnold, 2005). Mental health services Police Laws United Kingdom A questionnaire was devised incorporating the standards from the code of practice for section 136 assessment (Department of Health, 2008 ; Jones, 2004), prior to the inauguration of the section 136...

... Comparison of delays to surgery pre‐ and post‐introduction of a dedicated DSU list expressed as a percentage © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Plastic surgery Organizational effectiveness Customer satisfaction Injuries National Health Service United Kingdom The 1990...

... of an innovative scheme. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Auditing Hospitals Regional government United Kingdom Audit, “the systematic, critical analysis of the quality of medical care” (Department of Health, 1989), has become an integral and compulsory component of modern clinical...

... appropriate chaperones, and believe chaperones add to patient comfort and protect both doctor and patient. Health services Consultants Medical practice Surveillance United Kingdom In 2004 a Public Inquiry into the unprofessional behaviour of Dr Clifford Ayling, a General Practitioner from Kent...

... components within clinical governance, with little or no comment on how the integrated approach might have an advantage in improving care. Clinical governance Organizational effectiveness National Health Service Medical management Enthography United Kingdom According to Davies (2003...