What is clinical governance?

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Clinical governance is an organizational framework to maintain and improve the quality and safety of healthcare through clear accountability, regular audits, and a culture of continuous improvement. It brings together setting standards, monitoring performance, learning from incidents, managing risks, ensuring staff education, and involving patients in care decisions. This broad, system-wide approach is why it best fits the concept—the other options describe branding, dietary policies, or speeding up turnover, which aren’t about safeguarding and improving care quality.