Clinical governance leads: Roles and responsibilities

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Gerada, Clare ^a   Cullen, Ron ^b  

^a Department of Primary Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Clinical Governance Support Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical governance leads; Framework; Job description; Person specification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 1842636607     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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