Joint Clinical and Care Governance Committee

The Joint Clinical and Care Governance Committee fulfils a number of purposes as follows:

It provides the Board of NHS Orkney with the assurance that robust clinical governance controls and management systems are in place and effective throughout NHS Orkney.

It fulfils the function of providing the Orkney Integration Joint Board with assurance that robust clinical and care governance controls and management systems are in place and effective for the functions that NHS Orkney and Orkney Islands Council have delegated to it.

It provides the Orkney Integration Joint Board with assurance that robust clinical and care governance controls and management systems are in place and effective for the functions that NHS Orkney and Orkney Islands Council have delegated to it.

Chair:  Rona Gold, Non-Executive Board Member

Vice-Chair (NHS Orkney): Vacant 

Vice-Chair (Orkney Island Council):  Councillor Jean Stevenson

Lead Officer (Clinical): Anna Lamont, Medical Director

Lead Officer (Care):  Stephen Brown, Chief Officer, Orkney Health and Social Care Partnership