Ashfield Intermediate Healthcare has the following Principles of Clinical Governance

1. Clinical Governance is integral to and integrated within all our activities
2. The Ashfield Intermediate Healthcare clinical governance and risk management framework is based on the structure published by the litigation authority for acute trusts.
3. Ashfield Intermediate Healthcare has an open culture and is a learning organisation.
4. Ashfield Intermediate Healthcare professional staff work collaboratively with NHS partners to protect patients and improve patient care

Ashfield Intermediate Healthcare is registered with the Commission for Social Care Inspection [CSCI].  Within Ashfield Intermediate, the Medical Compliance team of healthcare professional and legal colleagues Healthcare is led by the Medical Director. The team are responsible for:

Protocols and standard operating procedures:

Recruitment including training and qualification requirements
Training/HR Development
Clinical and other procedures
Data recording, analysis and reporting
Consents (both clinical and data protection)
Confidentiality arrangements
Health and Safety:

To ensure the health and safety of all patients and healthcare professionals including assisting with the implementation of Health and Safety policies and procedures regarding specific programme activities.

Training & Development: Assist in the development and delivery of bespoke training programmes with competency assessment, accreditation and training needs analysis for healthcare professionals delivering healthcare in partnership with the NHS. 
Quality Assurance: Provide robust quality assurance mechanism to ensure all staff, processes and procedures are suitable to undertake partnership working with the NHS:
Programme audit
Competency assessments registration verification
RCN membership
Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) Enhanced Disclosure