Clinical Governance Committee

History and Background

The BASHH Clinical Governance Committee (CGC) was established in November 2003. The Committee retains some of the characteristics of the Association for Genitourinary Medicine structure, namely regional representation. The regional representation of the Committee means that experience or practice can be shared from areas around the country, and this knowledge can be pooled for the benefit of all.
The CGC is responsible for setting and monitoring standards of clinical services for Sexual Health, including HIV services, through a framework of clinical governance, peer review, nationally co-ordinated clinical audit and sharing of best practice.

Remit

The CGC is advisory and supportive and aims to stimulate action and advice in a co-ordinated fashion to promote and facilitate services in connection with sexually transmitted infections.
The CGC will focus on a wide range of current and topical issues in Sexual health and HIV concerning:

  • Implementation of strategies and policies of BASHH as approved by the Governing Board
  • Developing and managing services
  • Setting and monitoring standards and specifications, updating in responding to best practice as necessary.
  • Identifying areas of best clinical practice within individual clinics or regions, promoting them for adoption where appropriate whilst recognising local differences.
  • Identifying regional and individual clinic difficulties.
  • Exploring solutions to issues through discussion and shared experiences at committee level allowing action plans to be suggested.
  • Co-ordinating a peer review system, on a local basis within each region, as required or in response to a member's request.

Terms of Reference

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Working Relations

The Chairperson of the CGC will be a member of the Governing Board of BASHH and the CGC will report to the Governing Board.
The CGC will link with other organs of BASHH, third party organisations and individuals where indicated. It may also forge relationships with local hospital and primary care Trusts, through the Branch Chairperson, in response to individual clinic requests.

Membership

Chair - Dr Elizabeth Carlin
Secretary - Dr Celia Skinner
Cheshire and Merseyside - Dr Debashis Mandal
East Anglia - Dr Susie Forster
Oxford - Dr Patricia Williams
SAS Representative - Dr John Lee
Northern - Dr Conrad White
Northern Ireland - Dr Carol Emerson
North West - Dr Wafaa Wasef
Health Adviser Representative - Ms Ceri Evans
Scotland - Dr Gordon Mc Kenna
South West - Dr Andrew De Burgh-Thomas
Doctors in Training representative - Dr John Evans-Jones
Thames (NE) - Dr Celia Skinner
Thames (NW) - Dr Nigel O' Farrell
Thames (SE) - Dr Barry S Peters
Thames (SW) - Dr Jillian Pritchard
Trent - Dr David Kellock
Yorkshire - Dr Usha Kuchimanchi
Wales - Dr Olwen Williams
Wessex - Dr Kate Schroeder
West Midlands - Dr Loay David

Ex Officio members:
Vice President BASHH - Dr Janet WilsonTreasurer BASHH - Dr Raj Patel
Secretary BASHH - Dr Jan Clarke
British Co-operative Clinical Group representative - Dr Raymond Maw
Clinical Effectiveness Group Representative - Dr Keith Radcliffe
National Audit Group Representative - Dr Chris Carne

Co-opted Members
Nurse Representative - Ms Jean Beard

Groups reporting to CGC

CGC Minutes

Members may access CGC Minutes here

Service Specification

BASHH Reports

BASHH Tender 2008

'Guidance on Engagement of BASHH with Commissioners & other Bodies Involved in NHS Tendering'

The BASHH Board wish to issue guidance regarding the involvement of BASHH in the process of tendering GUM and sexual health services. In producing this guidance, the Board of BASHH wish to emphasise the following priorities.

As part of its charitable aims, BASHH seeks to uphold the standards for the delivery of clinical services. It does not have a view on the different merits of services which are provided for the NHS by Foundation Trusts, Acute Trusts, PCTs, the voluntary or private sectors. There are BASHH Fellows and Members working in all such organisations.

Where commissioners decide to tender NHS services, BASHH may be approached for confidential advice and guidance on the professional standards, clinical governance and other aspects of the services being tendered. In giving such advice, BASHH will strive to ensure that the standards of open access, confidentiality, clinical governance, diagnostic tests and management protocols are upheld to the highest professional standards.

Signed by

Dr Simon E. Barton (BASHH President 2006-2008)

ABI Consultations Funding Issues Health Select Committee

DoH Documents

Home Office Documents
  • Paying the Price - BASHH response to the consultation document concerning prostitution. (Nov 2004)
Public Health AGUM Archive Page

Patient Group Directions

A series of PGDs have been produced from the Genitourinary Medicine Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (revised Feb 2007)
For comments on medical or pharmacology issues please contact Dr Elizabeth Carlin.

The following PGDs have been produced from the Genitourinary Medicine Department in the Isle of Wight (Jul 2003).