Clinical governance has been introduced in the UK as a mechanism to improve the quality of health services, and the professional performance of clinicians. Specialist societies have a pivotal role to play in developing systems to support its implementation in clinical practice. Rehabilitation medicine is a specialty characterised by closely integrated interdisciplinary teamwork. The particular ...

Leadership, whether it is nursing, medical or healthcare leadership, is about knowing how to make visions become reality. The vision that many nurses hold dear to their hearts is one where patients are treated with dignity and respect at all times; where systems are designed for the benefit of individual needs; and where the work performed by nurses and other carers is valued and respected. Ach...

AIM To determine the adequacy of initial nurse independent prescribing education and identify continuing professional development and clinical governance strategies in place for non-medical prescribing. BACKGROUND In 2006, new legislation in England enabled nurses with an independent prescribing qualification to prescribe, within their competence. In 2006, non-medical prescribing policies rel...

BACKGROUND This series summarises new empirical research on quality improvement through case studies of the implementation of clinical governance arrangements in two primary care organisations (PCOs). OBJECTIVE To describe a new socio-technical model for effective quality improvement and clinical governance. METHOD The research strategy included a literature review, survey, in-depth intervi...

Clinical Governance Principles in Operational Primary Care. UK Civilian and military peacetime medical care is increasingly addressing the requirement for clinical governance. This has been defined as “A framework through which organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excell...

BACKGROUND There is no clear evidence as to whether the co-location of primary care professionals in the same facility positively influences their way of working and the quality of healthcare as perceived by patients. The aim of this study was to identify the relationships between general practitioner (GP) co-location with other GPs and/or other professionals and the GP outcomes and patients' e...

Corporate governance (CG) is critical in developing a corporate culture of awareness, transparency, and openness. Despite this, previous studies have not yet reached an agreement on the most important dimensions CG implementation their correlation with financial performance non-financial companies, there scarcity that examined variables such as organisational (OC) could improve relationship fir...

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is known as a degree of glucose intolerance that occurs for the first time during pregnancy. There is paucity of evidence regarding the effect of oat bran on GDM. Oat as a source of β-glucan can be effective in reducing the blood sugar levels. This study aimed to investigate the effect of oat bran on fasting blood sugar (FBS) and glycosylated hemo...