Coronial process
Coronial Process - State Coroner or SA Police must be notified immediately following awareness of a death that is, or may be, a reportable death
Governance incorporates the set of processes, customs, policy directives, laws and conventions affecting the way an organisation is directed, administered or controlled.
Standard One: Clinical Governance, within the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (second edition) describes integrated systems that maintain and improve the reliability and quality of patient care, as well as improve patient outcomes, including the following four criteria:
The SA Health Governance for Safety and Quality in Health Service Organisations Accreditation Resource (PDF 240KB) has been developed to support health services and provides examples of South Australian tools and resources that can be used to demonstrate an action and standard has been met.
The Safety and Quality Work Plan 2017-2019 (PDF 395KB) identifies the priorities for SA Health to improve the safety and quality of care provided to consumers across SA Health organisations.
SA Health is committed to providing a safe, high quality, accessible health care system for all South Australians.
Divisions of the Department for Health and Welling, the Safety and Quality Unit and Local Health Networks will all play a critical role in achieving this, through working in partnership with health services, staff, consumers and the community.
Clinical Governance Unit
Email: Health.DHWClinicalGovernanceEnquiries@sa.gov.au