Understanding dementia memory services across London

This reports details the results of the clinical audit carried out on London dementia memory services by the Dementia CN’s Effective diagnosis work stream.

The audit found substantial variation between services, and the report provides recommendations to address this and improve practice.

Understanding dementia memory services across London
June 2016
London Clinical Networks

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Assessing motility of the gastrointestinal tract using a wireless capsule: audit tool

"NICE has recommended that assessing motility of the gastrointestinal tract using a wireless capsule should only be used with special arrangements for audit. This means that clinicians carrying out the procedure should audit and review the outcomes of all patients. Audit data should be reviewed at appropriate intervals and practice should be changed if the results suggest the need to do so."

Assessing motility of the gastrointestinal tract using a wireless capsule: clinical audit tool
NICE
September 2014

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Bipolar disorder: costing and clinical audit tools

NICE have published an audit tool and costing statement to assist organisations in assessing for and implementing guidance for bipolar disorder assessment and management.

Bipolar disorder: the assessment and management of bipolar disorder in adults, children and young people in primary and secondary care
NICE
September 2014

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Dyspepsia/GORD: clinical audit and costing statement

NICE have released a clinical audit tool and a costing statement for the treatment of dyspepsia and gastro‑oesophageal reflux disease to be used alongside their guidance documentation:

CG184 Dyspepsia/GORD: costing statement
CG184 Dyspepsia/GORD: clinical audit tools

Pressure ulcers: NICE clinical audit tools

NICE have published two clinical audit tools for pressure ulcer prevention, one for paediatric care and one for adults.

"Clinical audit tools are Excel spreadsheets developed to help with clinical audit. They contain clinical audit standards, data collection sheets, a clinical audit report an action plan template and a printable data collection form.  When data is entered into the data collection sheets the audit results are automatically displayed in the audit report."

Access the tools and find out more here.

Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme interactive results maps

"These interactive maps allow you to find information about stroke services for your local provider. You can compare different standards of care within your team, and compare your local provider to other providers and against regional and national averages."

SSNAP clinical audit: interactive results maps
Royal College of Physicians
May 2014

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General Medical Services: guidance and audit requirements

"This document provides information on contractual changes in 2014/15 as well as detailed guidance and the assurance management arrangements and audit requirements to support practices and NHS England area teams."

General Medical Services contract 2014/15: guidance and audit requirements
NHS England
March 2014

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Using clinical communities to improve quality

"If there is one thing that we have learned about improving quality over the past 10 years, it is the importance of clinical leadership and engagement."

Using clinical communities to improve quality
Health Foundation
December 2013

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Preparing for your 2013/14 Quality Account

"This page provides information to help local providers supply their Quality Accounts report."

National clinical audits for inclusion in quality accounts
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
April 2013

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Guide to using quality improvement tools to drive clinical audits

"The guide describes how quality improvement approaches can be applied to clinical audit and specific QI tools that can contribute to the clinical audit process and when to use them."

Guide to using quality improvement tools to drive clinical audits
N Dixon, M Pearce
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
October 2011

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