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Audits & reporting Clinical governance
The Clinical governance team’s aims are to:
• Work in partnership to deliver outstanding governance
• Support our colleagues in the delivery of safe, outstanding patient care • Listen, be visible, responsive, flexible and provide expert advice.
Clinical audit
Clinical audit provides the framework to improve the quality of patient care in a collaborative
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systematic way. We share best practice and lessons learnt at local level and Committee meet
Patient safety
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