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Appendix 4 - Clinical and Care Governance Arrangements

Perth and Kinross Council · 24 April 2024
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Appendix 4 
Clinical & Care Governance Arrangements 
The P&K Care & Professional Governance Forum (CPGF) has responsibility to ensure that
there are effective and embedded systems for Clinical, Care & Professional Governance in
all services within the partnership.  This includes seeking assurances from all partnership
localities and hosted services within the context of the six domains of Clinical, Care &
Professional governance.  Localities and Hosted Services have regular Governance Forums
within their own services attended where appropriate by HSCP professional leads.  
The HSCP remain committed to improving Care & Professional Governance.  Work is
progressing to develop governance and performance dashboards to support Care
Assurance across agreed professional standards.  Although delayed due to the Covid
response, work to progress this has now resumed and is being tested in one of the localities. 
Additionally, work is underway to improve availability of locality performance data. 
The HSCP has also commenced a Mental Health Clinical Care & Professional Governance
Group, which reports directly to P&K CPGF and the Tayside Mental Health Quality &
Performance Review.  This will allow targeted improvement to improve Mental Health
performance data, mitigation of Mental Health risks and to support scrutiny on progress
made in respect of HIS Improvement Plan and Listen, Learn, Change work streams. 
Exception reporting is a mechanism for services to quickly and easily flag up where
work or events vary significantly from that which would be expected. 
Exception reports were provided by all HSCP service grouping and localities (including
hosted services) at each meeting of the previous bi-monthly Care & Professional
Governance Forum (CPGF). Now that these meetings are occurring monthly such
exception reports are now expected from half the services at each meeting, thus
continuing the service reporting every 2-months. 
Exception reports received during the previous year have been: 
SEP
2022
OCT
2022
NOV
2022
DEC
2022
JAN
2023
FEB
2023
MAR
2022
APR
2022
MAY
2023
JUN
2023
ACCESS TEAM &
MHO ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED
COMMISSIONED
SERVICES ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
RECEIVED
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED
EQUIPMENT & TEC
NOT
REQUIRED NOT
RECEIVED
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NORTH LOCALITY
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
PERTH CITY
LOCALITY
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED NOT
REQUIRED
MFTE/POA IN-
PATIENTS & 
INTERMEDIATE
CARE
NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
RECEIVED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
PODIATRY
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓
NOT
REQUIRED
✓

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PRISON
HEALTHCARE ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED
PUBLIC DENTAL
SERVICES ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED
REGISTERED
SERVICES
NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
RECEIVED
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
SOUTH LOCALITY
NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
RECEIVED
NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
REQUIRED
NOT
REQUIRED ✓
* non submission of reports highlighted to manager for action 
Annual reports are provided by all HSCP services and localities (including hosted
services). 
The structured annual reporting template brings together the six domains of Clinical, Care
& Professional Governance outlined in the Getting it Right Framework, and also seeks to
incorporate the new Health & Social Care Standards. Managers submit report and attend
Care Governance Forum to present report, give assurance and answer questions.  The
HSCP have now completed cycle four and is reviewing the report schedule for cycle 5. 
2nd Cycle 3rd Cycle 4TH Cycle
ACCESS TEAM & MHO November 2020 April 2022 Jan 2023
COMMISSIONED SERVICES July 2021 July 2022 Nov 2023
EQUIPMENT & TEC June 2021 May 2022 Jun 2023
NORTH LOCALITY July 2021 June 2022 May 2023
PERTH CITY LOCALITY April 2021 February 2022 Apr 2023
MFTE/POA IN-PATIENTS &
INTERMEDIATE CARE May 2021 April 2022 Jun 2023
PODIATRY September 2021 September 2022 Aug 2023
PRISON HEALTHCARE March 2021 March 2022 Mar 2023
PUBLIC DENTAL SERVICES November 2020 January 2022 Feb 2023
REGISTERED SERVICES August 2021 August 2022 Aug 2023
SOUTH LOCALITY September 2020 November 2021 Dec 2022
POA Inpatients (added in cycle 3)  November 2021 Aug 2023
MENTAL HEALTH (added in
cycle 4)  
Aug 2023
PRIMARY CARE (added in cycle
4)  
Oct 2023

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Wider governance arrangements: 
• Integrated Locality Care Governance Groups (bi monthly)
• Prison Healthcare Medicines Management Governance Group (monthly)
• Prison Healthcare Business & Governance Group (monthly)
• Nursing and Allied Health Profession Forum (bi-monthly) to explore pertinent
professional issues with CPTMs and other relevant colleagues.
• Senior Nurses, AHP Professional Leads, and the Clinical & Professional Team
Managers meet regularly on an individual 1:1 basis with the Lead Nurse and also the
AHP Lead to discuss relevant professional and governance issues.
• Mental Health Portfolio Lead contributes to the Mental Health QPR Forum
• Partnership Short Life Working Group commenced to improve care governance for
mental health services 
• Health Senior Management Team Huddle weekly to review Datix risks and red adverse
events 
• Clinical Governance Coordinator supports locality groups to undertake Local Adverse
Event Reviews (LAER’s) where required.  All LAER’s are signed off by a senior
manager.
• Care Home Oversight Group meeting at times daily to monitor and provide support to
Care Home resident and staff safety wellbeing.
• The P&K CPGF co-chairs contribute to the NHST Getting It Right For Everyone
(GIRFE) group.
• Adult Social Work and Social Care Forum (monthly)