Development of IG Paper

The Development of Integrated Governance

The concept of Inetergrated Governance was first properly developed by the NHS Clinical Goverannce Support Tean and Appointments Commission in 2003/4 and published as a debate paper by the NHS Confederation in 2004.

It argued 'To enable boards to discharge their duties with due rigour, robust systems relating to governance must be in place. Good governance enables organisations achieve their organisational objectives. The debate around what we mean by good governance in the NHS has grown in prominence since the publication (in 2003) of Governing the NHS, a document that made an important contribution to the debate around the role and responsibilities of boards. This paper takes the debate concerning governance a stage further by introducing the concept of integrated governance.