New medical governance framework

Medical governance framework
Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN), NHS Confederation 23 October 2019

• Independent healthcare providers from across the country have come together to commit to implementing a new medical governance framework that will help ensure all independent sector providers in England are able to further improve the care they are giving to their patients. 
• The framework touches on the governance responsibilities of payors or commissioners of services in the independent sector, and NHS organisations whose medical practitioners also work in the sector.

Effective clinical governance for the medical profession - a handbook

Effective clinical governance for the medical profession
General Medical Council revised 1 November 2018

• This handbook acts as a resource to support organisations in evaluating the effectiveness of their local arrangements for doctors, including clinical governance, revalidation, concerns about doctors and pre-employment checks.

The role of clinical governance in the new world

Development opportunities in the “new” NHS for personal, population and system care: The coming of age for clinical governance? 
Clinical Governance : Special Issue: The governance of commissioned health care services, 2013, v18(1) pp.6-17

• The aim of this paper by David Colin-Thomé is to set out the role of clinical governance within the new commissioning framework