Assurance-first language for ICS and Trust buyers.

Clinical governance value

Supports providers in demonstrating care is informed by current national guidance, with visibility of updates, supersession, and escalation criteria.

Maps to: Medical Director concerns, Quality Committees, Well-Led reviews.

Patient safety value (PSIRF)

Makes guidance currency and change visible, reducing reliance on static documents and mitigating hindsight bias during incident review.

Reassures: Patient Safety Specialists, risk teams, governance leads.

Medico-legal assurance

Provides auditable evidence of what national guidance stated at a given point in time, supporting fair investigation of incidents and complaints.

Resonates with: Legal teams, claims managers, coroner response teams.

Regulatory and governance compliance

CliniSearch supports organisations in meeting governance expectations assessed through:

• CQC Single Assessment Framework (Safe, Effective, Well-Led)
• NHS Standard Contract quality and safety requirements
• Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
• NHS Digital clinical safety standards (DCB0129 / DCB0160)

The system provides supporting evidence and assurance mechanisms; it is not an assessment or compliance tool.

Clinical safety

Classified as a clinical decision support information system. A supplier Clinical Safety Case aligned to DCB0129 is available, with pre-populated hazard logs and deployment guidance to support local DCB0160 obligations.

Risk management

Designed to reduce risks from outdated guidance, misinterpretation of narrative text, and lack of contemporaneous evidence during incident review. Residual clinical risk remains and is managed through local governance and professional judgement.

Problem statement

Trusts often rely on static PDFs, intranet copies, or bookmarks to access national guidance, creating clinical and governance risk due to silent updates and lack of version control.

Proposed solution

CliniSearch provides structured, versioned access to national guidance with explicit update visibility, supporting safer decisions and stronger governance assurance.

Expected benefits

• Reduced risk of outdated guidance use
• Improved audit and inspection readiness
• Fairer, evidence-based incident review
• Reduced duplication of guideline monitoring effort

Avoid

• “Ensures CQC compliance”
• “Meets all NHS safety standards”
• “Clinically safe by design”
• “Prevents incidents”

Use instead

CliniSearch addresses a recognised governance and safety gap by making guidance currency, provenance, and change explicit. It supports safer care, stronger assurance, and fairer learning without replacing clinical judgement or local policy.