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Appendix 4 - Clinical & Care Governance Arrangements

Perth and Kinross Council · 18 September 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. 
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 is now following the schedule for cycle 5 of annual reporting. 
3rd Cycle 4TH Cycle  5TH Cycle
ACCESS TEAM & MHO April 2022 Jan 2023 Jun 2024
COMMISSIONED SERVICES July 2022 Nov 2023 
EQUIPMENT & TEC May 2022 Jun 2023 Jun 2024
NORTH LOCALITY June 2022 May 2023 May 2024
PERTH CITY LOCALITY February 2022 Apr 2023 
MFTE/POA IN-PATIENTS &
INTERMEDIATE CARE
April 2022 Jun 2023 April 2024

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PODIATRY September 2022 Aug 2023 July 2024
PRISON HEALTHCARE March 2022 Mar 2023 March 2024
PUBLIC DENTAL SERVICES January 2022 Feb 2023 March 2024
REGISTERED SERVICES August 2022 Aug 2023 
SOUTH LOCALITY November 2021 Dec 2022 Feb 2024
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 
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)