"An excellent book for multi-professional healthcare teams interested in quality in the context of clinical governance. Drawing on key theories related to quality in health care, the book provides an evidence-based, step by step guide, to all components of clinical governance. " Kathleen Malkin, Health and Professional Development, Faculty of Health and Life Science, Oxford Brookes University, UK "Including in-depth coverage of the global context this new edition is a welcome extension of the excellent first edition. This is an accessible and valuable resource for students of clinical governance." Muke Ferguson, Head of Department, Postgraduate Programmes, Anglia Ruskin University, UK The new edition of this key text offers an accessible guide to clinical governance across a range of healthcare settings. Designed to help students, practitioners, and professionals deliver quality care to patients and to improve overall patient experience, this new edition is packed with practical insight into how individuals can contribute to clinical governance. Grounded in the application of clinical governance, this text benefits from thorough worked examples of common causality diagrams; up to date consideration of high profile clinical governance case studies; reflective activities as well as tips and real experiences to help readers apply the theory to practice. This is the go-to book for students, practitioners and professionals across health and allied health disciplines including mental health nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Mary Gottwald is currently an Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and also supports students in Hong Kong. Prior to this she was Principal Lecturer at the University and has been in education since 1979. She has taught in the UK, Malaysia and Hong Kong on subjects including Clinical Governance, Health Promotion and Leadership. Gail Lansdown is currently an Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and has been working in Higher Education since 1998. She also supports students in Hong Kong. Previously, she was a Principal Lecturer and designed, implemented, managed, led and taught on health care degree programmes in Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Nairobi.

This new text is an accessible and practical guide to clinical governance in healthcare, designed to help practitioners and students deliver quality care to patients and improve the patient experience at every level. Grounded in the application of clinical governance, it explains in detail what it looks like in practice. Using common examples of clinical governance challenges, this book gives real and practical insights into how individuals can contribute to clinical governance in a range of healthcare settings. Each chapter includes case studies, reflective activities, tips and real experiences to help readers apply the theory to practice, and identify areas in which they can improve the patient experience. This is key reading for all healthcare practitioners."In this excellent new book on clinical Governance, Mary Gottwald and Gail Lansdown distil down what this complex topic encompasses. They put bones on the individual components and lead the reader easily through the topic, so that he or she ends up with a good understanding of how the system is supposed to function and their individual responsibilities as a clinician, academic, trainer or manager ... I wish that I had been able to read a book such as this when I started off. It would have saved me a lot of time and trouble getting my head around all the aspects of this vital topic. Providing a reliable, safe, high quality service is the major challenge for all of us working in health services, so this fine book is very welcome." Dr Peter Featherstone MPhil, FRCP, Lead for Clinical Governance in Acute MedicineConsultant Physician and Honorary Medical Senior Lecturer Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust"The book has been developed for pre- and post - registration students, but it will appeal to a wider audience, particularly those who want more knowledge of Governance and its antecedents. The outline of Chapters at the start helpfully leads the reader the appropriate section, and within each section the authors attempt to link clinical governance theory to practical examples. This is further emphasised by the use of reflective questions at the end of each chapter. The chapter on Clinical Audit is excellent, and is of use to anyone including medical staff in terms of how Clinical Audits should be conducted.It is an excellent, easy read journey through all aspects of Clinical Governance and its application to patient experience, safety and effective senses, ultimately quality of care." Sharon Linter, Director of Quality and Governance/ Executive Nurse, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust