NSW Health WSLHD Safety & Quality Account 2020-21

Governance for Safety and Quality in WSLHD

Clinical Governance functions to provide support to a range of services across WSLHD, promoting an environment that encourages accurate reporting of incidents and openness to acknowledging errors. In line with Standard 1: Clinical Governance from the National Standard for Safety and Quality in Health Care (NSQHS), Clinical Governance in WSLHD recognises the importance of governance, leadership, culture and patient safety systems, performance and environment in the delivery of high-quality care and forms the foundation for and efficient, effective and safe healthcare service. The Clinical Governance portfolios are:

Patient Safety

Quality and Accreditation

Patient Experience

These portfolios and key governance structures are in place to support safety and quality in WSLHD and are reflected in each facility. Underpinned by evidence-based practices, Clinical Governance has developed a range of accountability frameworks for awareness of roles and responsibility in relation to safety and quality to ensure that policies are adhered to and procedures are followed to maintain practice compliance against policy.

Victor Syquia, Department Head of Social Work Cumberland Hospital.

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