Clinical Audit
Clinical Audit Toolkit
2 guides on clinical audit are available to download below:
Audit Process: What to Expect
Q. What can I expect from the Medical Council audit process in 2012? » read more
Clinical Audit: Help!
Q. I'm just so confused about clinical audit. What do I do? » read more
Clinical Audit: Review and Evaluation
Q. What constitutes a clinical audit? » read more
Clinical Audit: Where to Start
Q. I'm not sure how to undertake a clinical audit? Are there any tools to help me? » read more
Q. Can I re-audit the same topic the following year?
A. No specific guidance has been given on this by the Medical Council. However it is likely that in the event of scrutiny of compliance with the requirements of professional competence, you should be able to demonstrate that you have measured your audit activity against a reasonably up- to- date guideline or protocol. » read more
Q. Can all GPs in the practice conduct one audit?
A. Again no specific guidance has been provided in this regard, however, until further advised, this would seem acceptable once all GPs are actively engaged in the process and fulfill their individual time requirements. » read more
Q. Do I need to engage in Clinical Audit?
A. All Registered Medical Practitioners must be actively engaged in clinical audit and at a minimum participate in one audit exercise annually that relates directly to their practice. » read more
Q. Do ‘processes’ have to be excluded from the audit?
A. In some audits, it will be necessary or preferable to include some process elements so these do not have to be excluded; however, the entire audit cannot be based around processes for the purpose of fulfilling your professional competence requirements. » read more
Q. Does the audit have to be conducted over the full year or can it be carried out over a shorter period?
A. The Medical Council has recommended 12 hours in the year as a guidance, however, it is not specified that it must be prolonged over the year and depending on the topic chosen may be done over a condensed period (e.g. 3 months). » read more
Q. How long does it take to conduct an audit?
A. It depends on the activity chosen but in general the recommendation is that one hour activity per month should be assigned to audit. » read more