Clinical audit Accessibility tools Home About us Our services Get involved News Join us Contact us Home About us Clinical audit Clinical audit Clinical audit is a key tool to measure and monitor quality improvement in the services which we offer our patients, through the use of both National and local clinical audits. Clinical audit is used to monitor what we are currently doing clinically, and measuring it against evidence-based standards or ‘best practice’ measures, producing reports on how well we are doing against the best possible practice. For any queries about clinical audit in NCH&C please contact: clinical.audit@nchc.nhs.uk Local clinical audit Local audits are to measure our own provision of services and to measure our effectiveness against ‘best practice’ which can be national guidelines, such as those issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) or our own clinical policies. National Clinical Audits National clinical audits allow us to compare our practice with similar community trusts across England. Due to the size of the national audit projects, data is collected from each of organisations and reported on retrospectively (data is provided about the year before). Training The Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Facilitator can also provide training to clinical staff participating in Clinical Audit. Contact clinical.audit@nchc.nhs.uk The clinical audit and effectiveness committee NCH&C has a clinical audit and effectiveness committee which oversees all clinical audit activity happening throughout the trust. The committee meets six times a year and reports to one of our sub-committees of the Board. Useful clinical audit links The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) provide national best practice principles for clinical audit and to follow. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) provide national best practice advice on 5 key clinical areas: Clinical Guidelines Technology Appraisals Public Health guidance Interventional procedures Medical Technologies guidance A monthly newsletter is circulated to health professionals detailing any new or developmental work completed. Our Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Facilitator is part of the East of England Clinical Audit Network, which meets regularly and discusses both local and national clinical audit related topics. About us Annual Report & Quality Account Board of Directors Clinical audit Equality, diversity and inclusion Our finances Patient experience Research and development Back to top of page Print this page Email this page Site map Headquarters Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Woodlands House, Norwich Community Hospital, Bowthorpe Rd, Norwich, NR2 3TU Switchboard: 01603 272272 Our Partners Norfolk and Waveney CCG NHS Health A to Z Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership Norfolk County Council Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust CQC overall rating Outstanding 22 June 2018 See the report Terms and conditions Privacy Notice Norfolk Community Health and Care © 2021 Powered by VerseOne Group Ltd