Clinical governance: culture, leadership and power – the key to changing attitudes and behaviours in trusts

Abstract

The new NHS White Paper (DoH, 1997) provides for a new legal duty of quality for chief executives in Trusts. Clinical governance is seen as a central tenant of this legal duty which is designed to raise clinical quality to the same level of importance as corporate governance.

Citation

Hackett, M., Lilford, R. and Jordan, J. (1999), "Clinical governance: culture, leadership and power – the key to changing attitudes and behaviours in trusts", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 98-104. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526869910265093