In this episode, we explore the key principles and practices that together make up the foundations of good clinical governance. We are joined by Josie Winter, Clinical Programme Director at Advanced Clinical Solutions, to discuss the key pillars of clinical governance – described by Josie as “the backbone to any high reliability health care organisation”. These are the fundamentals that apply to every health and care setting, including evidence-based care, effective risk management, and workforce development. Josie emphasises proactive approaches and continuous improvement for maintaining high-quality healthcare across diverse settings.

Join us for the second part of our fascinating discussion with distinguished consultant psychiatrist, Dr Alice Ashby. In this episode, Dr Ashby discusses her groundbreaking work in maternal mental health. She shares her valuable insights into key risk management challenges affecting the practice of modern day psychiatry, including patient confidentiality, capacity and obtaining informed consent, and she recounts her extraordinary professional experiences as a long-standing member of the onsite psychiatric medical team at Glastonbury festival.

In this episode we’re joined by Carlton Sadler, a top healthcare regulatory lawyer, to help guide us through the complexities of CQC’s faltering Single Assessment Framework. Join us as we discuss what the future now holds for SAF amidst the continuing fall-out from the highly critical interim Dash report. As we await publication of the final report later this month, Carlton shares his unique perspectives and insights into the trials and tribulations faced by England’s principal health and care regulator as it seeks to address the operational hiccups, tech troubles, inconsistent rating methodologies and erosion of trust that were highlighted in Dr Penny Dash’s stinging interim report.