Updated Clinical governance guidance supports quality improvement and excellence in optometry

This approach underscores a shift from traditional compliance-focused guidance to a system that actively promotes innovation, learning, and collaboration.  

The updated guide provides user-friendly clinical governance checklists for individual optometrists, contractors and practice leaders. It also signposts members to practical tools for quality improvement, from clinical audit cycles to advanced incident reporting systems in the College’s Guidance for Professional Practice and CPD courses.  

The new framework supports each UK nation’s Quality in Optometry toolkit and employers’ internal clinical governance standard operating procedures, providing a high-level overview of current culture and good practice.