Resources

Watch an interactive and thought-provoking panel exploring the real-world challenges and opportunities of clinical governance in Hospital in the Home (HITH) and care-at-home models. With demand for safe, high-quality home-based care growing rapidly, this webinar brought together expertise from the Hospital in the Home Society, Health Roundtable, and the Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance (AICG) to unpack the governance frameworks needed to support care delivery beyond hospital walls.

Clinical governance, safety and quality, and compliance each play a vital role in healthcare. Together, they form the foundation for accountability, continuous improvement, and excellence in patient care.

In healthcare, the terms clinical governance and quality are often used interchangeably. While related, they are not the same—and understanding the difference matters.

Clinical governance can seem complex, but its essence is straightforward: creating an environment where everyone takes responsibility for improving care and making it safer. This blog explores how understanding the spirit—beyond its definitions—enables clinical governance to come alive in everyday practice.

Clinical governance can sometimes feel abstract - something that lives in policies, frameworks, or accreditation standards. However, at AICG, we believe that clinical governance should be operational, grounded in the day-to-day work of healthcare services.

When people talk about clinical governance frameworks, the conversation often turns to big documents, detailed diagrams, or long lists of standards. At AICG, we wanted to create a framework that is deliberately operational. It is designed so that boards, executives, clinicians, support staff, and consumers can immediately see where it fits, what it is responsible for, and how it can contribute to better outcomes.

The Clinical Governance Training Package (October 2024) offers a structured, modular curriculum designed to embed clinical governance principles across NHS organisations. It covers foundational concepts—such as risk management, quality improvement, accountability, and patient safety—while also giving practical guidance on governance roles, performance measurement, and staff engagement.

This resource is designed to help General Practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) prepare for accreditation. However, it does a very good job of explaining how to build and apply a clinical governance framework that improves safety, quality, and patient outcomes. And is very useful for anyone starting out in clinical governance. 

This framework helps health service organisations deliver safe, high-quality, and continuously improving care. It supports a shared understanding of clinical governance across all levels—from frontline clinicians to executives and governing bodies.

What if the drive to meet standards and deliver on your KPIs is failing to deliver quality care? What if, by meeting the standards and your Statement of Priority performance indicators, you inadvertently make care worse? In this webinar, Kylie outlines how the drive to meet standards and KPIs can actually lead to poor patient outcomes, and how to safeguard against this.