Clinical Governance
Our Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) outlined below must approve a surgeon but also have access to their clinical performance data and regularly review returns to theatre and complications. The MAC also benchmarks against industry standards and expects our surgeons to significantly out-perform them.
It is not just surgeons' surgical skills that are assessed, but also their bedside manner. We collect feedback from our patients as part of our extensive aftercare regime and one key area that we assess is how the surgeon has communicated to the patient.
MYA hold monthly clinical governance meetings where there is a set agenda to discuss complaints, adverse incidents, revision rates, surgeon validation and performance, clinical issues, policy changes, infection control and any other relative business. The clinical and infection control annual work programme and progress is also tracked within this meeting. This group has set standards to ensure MYA are holding clinical care and patient safety as paramount. Prominent issues raised from these meetings are put forward to the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC).
MAC - Our Medical Advisory Committee consists of select board directors, chaired by the Medical Director and any other key staff members upon invite. The MAC is responsible for approving policies, business changes, managing clinical governance and approving the appointment of new Surgeons into MYA's team. The key aim of this group is to ensure patient safety is paramount and to ensure MYA always embrace research, evidence-based practice and clinical efficient care for patients.
