College updates clinical governance for optometry workplace practices

The College of Optometrists has updated its clinical governance guidance, giving members a framework for primary care optometry workplace practices in the modern healthcare landscape.

Comprising four central themes - safety culture and systems, insight, involvement and improvement – the updated guidance built on the College’s 2015 edition, to incorporate advances in clinical practices, regulatory expectations and patient safety protocols.

Daniel Hardiman-McCartney, lead clinical adviser at the College, said: ‘I encourage all optometrists to read and familiarise themselves with our updated clinical governance guidance as soon as possible.

‘By embracing the principles of the updated guidance, optometrists can all play their part in collectively delivering enhanced standards of patient care.’