The role of primary care in clinical governance (and vice versa)
Clinical governance has an important role in primary care, but primary care also has an important role in clinical governance.
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Legislating clinical governance by integrating care: Lessons from overseas
‘Successful integration is the planning, commissioning and delivery of co-ordinated, joined up and seamless services to support people to live healthy, independent and dignified lives and which improves outcomes for the population as a whole. Everyone should receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.’
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Integrating primary care
Integrated care addresses the problem of care fragmentation, and instead supports continuity. It is person-centred because it enhances the patient experience through improved coordination of care. Integrated care has been broadly described as an ‘organising principle for care delivery with the aim of achieving improved patient care through better coordination of services provided’ – hence the need for systems thinking.
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