Resources

The Managing Clinical Risk in Primary Health Care document is designed as a resource for staff in primary health care services. The document has been developed after consultation with practitioners, managers, risk specialists and with reference to the conceptual framework provided by the Victorian Quality Council.

The approach to the management of clinical risk is based on general risk management principles that can be applied in the governance of all areas of primary health care services, e.g. financial, project or strategic risk management. The purpose of elaborating on the general risk management principles is to highlight some of the important concepts and methods specifically applicable to primary health care services when introducing risk management in clinical areas as part of governing the safety and quality of clinical services.