Clinical Governance
This directorate has a wide remit. It oversees and undertakes:
- Developing standards and advising on ethics in relation to orthodontics
- Quality assurance in orthodontics
- Ethical issues relating to:
- Clinical practice
- Professional conduct
- Practice management
- Employment issues
- Answering queries from members/public/external bodies on standards/ethics
- Professional complaints
- Patient complaints
- Dispute resolution
- Advertising standards
- Liaison with external bodies
- HQIP
- Other associations eg. BAOMS, ABA, RCS
- European movement of specialists – liaison with the international committee
- Information for members, external bodies and the public
- Updating advice sheets and PILs
- Developing new advice sheets and PILs
- Updating and developing information available for the public on the website
- Updates Clinical Guidelines produced by Royal College of Surgeons
- BOS Social media channels
- BOS patient information videos
- Publicise ethics and governance issues to BOS membership through publications such as:
- BOS News
- Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin
Director of Clinical Governance
Steve Chadwick
Steve Chadwick is a consultant orthodontist at the Countess of Chester NHS foundation trust. He is an elected member of the board of faculty RCS England where he serves as Chair of fellowship and awards committee. Steve is an examiner for the speciality membership in orthodontics for RCS England and RCPS Glasgow and has been recently appointed as Chair of audit and clinical effectiveness for the British Orthodontic Society. Steve has lectured nationally and internationally including teaching in Malaysia and India where he has been visiting Professor. He is married and has three children who all support Manchester United.