The Clinical Governance Group (CGG)

The CGG oversees, manages, and supports clinical work within the human givens (HG) framework. It addresses clinical queries, guides best practice and facilitates coordination of work across HG organisations.

The CGG was formed from the existing Senior Supervisors Group, a collective of experienced practitioners who, from 2023, informally supported clinical oversight. The transition to a formal clinical governance group enhances its role by providing:

• transparent responsibilities
• a reporting structure
• accountability to the Human Givens Institute (HGI) Board.

The CGG aims to safeguard the quality and effectiveness of human givens practice by:

• providing informed responses to clinical queries
• facilitating professional development
• ensuring that practitioners maintain high standards and remain aligned with evolving best practices.

1. Purpose

The CGG exists to:

• provide responses to clinical queries arising from external bodies, including the Professional Standards Authority (PSA), the PCPB (SCoPEd partnership) and internally from HG peer supervision groups, supervisors, students, College staff and HGI members.
• ensure consistency in the application and interpretation of HG principles.
• Support the ongoing development of policies, clinical practice, governance and training within the HG framework.
• Identify areas for improvement in HG practice, process and education and propose developments to address these needs.
• Facilitate communication and coordination across different HG organisations to improve oversight and governance.

2. Responsibilities

The CGG:

• acts as a professional resource for the HGI Board, Human Givens College and the Registration and Professional Standards Committee (RPSC)
• addresses and clarifies clinical practice concerns raised by supervisors, practitioners and external bodies, and any issues or gaps in clinical governance identified through such concerns
• contributes to the development of training and professional resources
• oversees the development of supervision policy, practice and training
• provides guidance on clinical queries from supervision groups and peer networks
• helps mitigate misunderstandings of HG principles and clarify the organising ideas for multiple audiences
• Identifies emerging challenges or gaps in HG clinical practice and clinical governance and coordinate solutions across relevant bodies
• Identifies broader issues that need to be referred to the HGI Board, the HG Integrity Group and/or the RPSC for consideration.

3. Membership

Members of the CGG must be HG supervisors with significant clinical experience who are tutors on the core HG Diploma and/or a head of HG supervision and/or a tutor on the supervisors’ training programme. The group will always include the director of education and at least one of the heads of supervision. An HGI board member attends CGG meetings quarterly in a liaison role.

The CGG currently comprises:

• Jo Baker
• Carol Harper
• Gareth Hughes
• Julian Penton
• Ros Townsend
• Denise Winn attends quarterly as HGI Board liaison

4. Meeting schedule

• The group meets monthly (or more frequently as needed).
• Meetings focus on issues relevant to the purpose and responsibilities of the group as defined above.

5. Reporting and accountability

• The group reports to the HGI Board at bi-monthly board meetings, ensuring oversight and accountability.
• Urgent matters of significant concern will be escalated to the HGI Board, Integrity Group, or RPSC as required.
• The group maintains records of its decisions and actions, thereby demonstrating transparency and accountability.