HQIP Guidance and resources
These resources have been grouped here into various categories for ease of reference. All are relevant to local clinical audit staff and clinicians running audits; some have specialist value for others as well, as described.
- General documents covering overall principles related to audit at local and national level >>
- Resources concerning professional development of clinical audit staff
- Resources mostly aimed at local clinical audit department and clinicians, but of value to all >>
- Specific guidance for doctors >>
- Guidance of particular relevance for Commissioners >>
- Guidance for patients which audit teams may use >>
General documents covering overall principles related to audit at local and national level:
- Clinical audit: A simple guide for NHS Boards & partners
- Summary - Clinical audit: A simple guide for NHS Boards & partners
- Patient and Public Engagement in Clinical Audit
- Summary - Patient and Public Engagement in Clinical Audit
- Clinical Audit Knowledge Exchange (CAKE - launching autumn 2010)
- Guide to working with industry on clinical audit
Resources concerning professional development of clinical audit staff:
Results of HQIP's detailed analysis into job descriptions and Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) outlines for clinical audit staff. The study forms part of a project to develop job descriptions and KSF outlines for clinical audit staff. For this HQIP commissioned Healthcare Quality Quest (HQQ) to carry out a review of published job descriptions of clinical audit staff working in the NHS and other relevant organisations.
- Report on Job Descriptions, Person Specifications & KSF for Clinical Audit Staff (part 1) >>
- Report on Job Descriptions, Person Specifications & KSF for Clinical Audit Staff (part 2) >>
- HQIP response to KSF study findings >>
- Report on Published Job Descriptions for Clinical Audit Staff >>
- Report on Clinical Audit Staff Structure >>
- Report on Specifications for Job Descriptions, KSF & Employment >>
Resources mostly aimed at local clinical audit department and clinicians, but of value to all:
- An Introduction to Statistics for Clinical Audit >>
- Guide on how to present clinical audits for the public (1) >>
- Guide on how to present clinical audits for the public (2) >>
- Guide to Involving Junior Doctors in Clinical Audit >>
- Guide to Facilitating Clinical Audit across Different Care Settings >>
- Guide to carrying out clinical audits on the implementation of care pathways >>
- Download clinical audit criteria tool >>
- Clinical audit programme guide and guidance tools
- Templates clinical audit policy and strategy
- Template clinical audit report
- Template annual clinical audit report
- A guide for clinical audit, research and service review
- An information governance guide for clinical audit
- Ethics and clinical audit and quality improvement
- Implementing local change from national clinical audit projects
Specific Guidance for Doctors:
- Local Clinical Audit: Handbook for Physicians >>
- Guide to Involving Junior Doctors in Clinical Audit >>
Guidance of particular relevance for Commissioners:
- Clinical audit and commissioning
- Guide to carrying out clinical audits on the implementation of care pathways >>
Guidance for patients which audit teams may use:
- Guide for patients in understanding clinical audit reports >>
- Guide on how to present clinical audits for the public (2) >
