Clinical audit  

 

Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care against explicit criteria and the implementation of change. Aspects of the structure, processes, and outcomes of care are selected and systematically evaluated against explicit criteria. Where indicated, changes are implemented at an individual, team or service level and further monitoring is used to confirm improvement in healthcare delivery.

(NICE 2002)

How we work

 

The Integrated Governance team will encourage staff to adopt recognised methodologies for each project. This includes the measurement of current practice but also includes the importance of achieving demonstrable improvements in the quality of patient care.

 

 

Clinical audit