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rpwalavalkar · Teale Fenning Administrator Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 966

the nhs clinical governance support team has the following criteria for local audits.....

1. Should be part of a structured programme.

2. Topics chosen should in the main be high risk, high volume or high cost or reflect National Clinical Audits, NSFs or NICE guidance.

3. Service users should be part of the clinical audit process

4. Should be multidisciplinary in nature.

5. Clinical audit should include assessment of process and outcome of care

6. Standards should be derived from good quality guidelines

7. The sample size chosen should be adequate to produce credible results.

8. Managers should be actively involved in audit and in particular in the development of action plans from audit enquiry.

9. Action plans should address the local barriers to change and identify those responsible for service improvement.

10. Re-audit should be applied to ascertain whether improvements in care have been implemented as a result of clinical audit.

11. Systems, structures and specific mechanisms should be made available to monitor service improvements once the audit cycle has been completed.

12. Each audit should have a local lead

all good points incase faced with a str viva or audit design prep station at the osce.

raj
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Dr Miss. Raj Walavalkar MBBS MRCOG
TealeFenning Administrator
SR O&G Wessex Region