Intro to: UK Clinical Governance within Midwifery

This 20 minute presentation gives just a high level overview of the elements of clinical governance within midwifery and the NHS in general. It discusses clinical effectiveness, audit, risk, and other elements, as well touching on safety of care and the clinical environment. Aimed at audience of internationally educated midwifery background; midwives new to UK or hoping to come here to work. May also be suitable for use by student midwives. // References: Health and Safety Executive (2021). Who regulates health care. [online] www.hse.gov.uk. Available at: https://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices... National Maternity Voices – Networking Maternity Voices Partnerships in England. [online] Available at: https://nationalmaternityvoices.org.uk NHS Digital (2022). Protecting Patient Data - NHS Digital. [online] NHS Digital. Available at: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/natio... NHS England(2017). NHS England» Patient safety. [online] England.nhs.uk. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/five-year-... NHS England (2022). NHS England» Governance, patient safety and quality. [online] www.england.nhs.uk. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/mat-transf... ‌NHS England (2022). Safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk in the NHS Safeguarding accountability and assurance framework. [online] Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content... Nursing and Midwifery Council (2021). Midwives. [online] www.nmc.org.uk. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/our-r... ‌Nursing and Midwifery Council (2022). Openness and Honesty When Things Go wrong: the Professional Duty of Candour. [online] NMC. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/s... Nursing and Midwifery Council (2021). Practising as a midwife in the UK - The Nursing and Midwifery Council. [online] Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/news/news-and-... ‌Royal College of Nursing (2017). Essential Practice for Infection Prevention and Control| Royal College of Nursing. [online] The Royal College of Nursing. Available at: https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-d... Royal College of Midwives (2021). Research and development strategy. Available at: https://www.rcm.org.uk/media/4373/res...