Clinical governance is, at its core, about being accountable for providing good, safe care to patients and is fundamental to continuous improvement in patient safety. This framework is the Department of Human Services’ policy on clinical governance and, for public health services and public hospitals compliance with the framework is mandated in the Policy and Funding Guidelines which underpin Statements of Priorities and Health Service Agreements.

It is a requirement for all public health services and public hospitals to review their local clinical governance policy against the framework. An Organisational Readiness Checklist is provided to assist in meeting this requirement and the Department has now finalised the guidebook and toolkit to assist in the review of relevant roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders against the framework. These may be downloaded below.