Description
Clinical Governance is about doing anything and everything required to maximise quality . Clinical risk management is a key component of Clinical Governance. Clinical risk reduction programmes and critical incident reporting are some of the key components of Clinical Governance. As the recommendations from the Government report An organisation with a memory are fully implemented, risk management will have a significant impact on clinical practice inside and outside the NHS. This article explains, and explores the links between, Clinical Governance and Risk management in order to demonstrate how they will affect optometrists and other healthcare clinicians working within both the NHS and the private healthcare sector.
