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Appendices
Appendix 1 - Supporting Statements
Clinical Governance and Clinical Risk Committee
The Clinical Governance and Clinical Risk Committee is one of the two
sub-committees of the Trust Board which delegates authority to ensure
that appropriate structures, systems and processes are embedded in the
organisation to manage patient safety and clinical risk and ensure that
services are continuously improving. The Committee reports to the Board
following each of its meetings who also formally receive the committee’s
minutes. The Committee has close links with the Trust’s Audit Committee
and communicate directly with them over key issues by way of a verbal
report from the Chairman who is a member of both committees.
During 2011-12 closer links have been forged with the Members Council
by way of the service user representative and, more recently, the Chair of
the Compliance with Authorisation Committee. Standing items on the
agenda include detailed scrutiny of: serious untoward incidents;
compliance with the Care Quality Commission Essential Standards for
Quality and Safety; and a Patient Safety Dashboard which displays
integrated patient safety data. This enables the Committee to inform the
Trust Board of any lapses and ensuring appropriate actions are taken to
address any deviation from accepted standards.
The committee was subjected to review by the Trust’s internal auditors in
2012 and their results gave an assessment of “substantial assurance” for
the Trust on the operation of the Committee.
Dr Colin Dale
Non-Executive Chair Clinical Governance & Clinical Risk Committee
Annual Report and Annual Accounts 2011-12