Project Information
These standards were produced in October 2005.
Clinical Governance and Risk Management - National Standards
These standards were under review in January 2007.
Review of Clinical Goverance and Risk Management National Standards
Aims and Objectives
To develop standards based on the integration of the generic clinical governance standards developed by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (CSBS), and the healthcare risk management standards developed by the Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme (CNORIS).
Key Dates
Publication date of standards: 28 October 2005
Key Contacts
Jennifer Bruce, Project Officer
Tel: 0131 623 4713
Project History
The standards for generic clinical governance were first published in January 2001. They covered a range of clinical governance areas under the headings of patient focus and safe and effective clinical care . Two rounds of review visits have been completed, with the publication of national overviews and local reports in April 2002 and May 2003.
CNORIS, managed on behalf of the Scottish Executive Health Department by Willis Ltd, was established in April 2000 with the aim of providing financial risk pooling and claims management arrangements for NHSScotland, and supporting rigorous risk management. In January 2003, updated CNORIS healthcare risk management standards were published. The CNORIS standards were designed to evolve and incorporate good practice as it is developed within NHSScotland and elsewhere. Therefore, they referred to the work, amongst others, of NHS QIS, the Royal Colleges, the Health & Safety Executive, and expert working groups.
In July 2003, the Scottish Executive Health Department issued HDL(2003)29 which set out the decision to integrate the healthcare risk management standards developed by CNORIS, and the NHS QIS generic clinical governance standards. NHS QIS was given future responsibility for overseeing the standard-setting and assessment processes.
In September 2003, NHS QIS established a healthcare governance standards steering group and published draft standards in January 2004. These Clinical Governance and Risk Management Draft Standards were issued for consultation and a pilot exercise was undertaken. The key messages taken from the consultation were to reclaim the patient and clinical focus of the standards.
The draft standards are thus being revised to focus on clinical governance and risk management from the perspective of patient outcomes. The timescale for publication of the final standards has therefore been extended to autumn 2005.