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HQIP Guidance and resources
These resources have been arranged alphabetically by theme.
All of our guidance is reviewed periodically and some were revised during the latest review, in November 2011 - January 2012. The date of publication, or last review, is listed after each product, along with a note on the extent of any changes made:
- Reviewed: the guidance was checked for continued relevance and no changes were necessary
- Revised: minor changes: some of the wording was changed to reflect recent developments
- Revised: major changes: substantial parts of the text have been re-written to reflect recent developments
We therefore advise that if you have previously read a guidance document, re-reading is only necessary if major changes have been made.
Boards
- Boards and clinical audit homepage >>
- Good Governance Guide (January 2012)
- Clinical audit: A simple guide for NHS Boards & partners (January 2010)
- Summary - Clinical audit: A simple guide for NHS Boards & partners (January 2010)
- NHS Boards guidance presentation for providers (November 2010)
Clinicians
Criteria for high quality clinical audit
- Criteria and indicators of best practice in clinical audit (September 2009)
- Download clinical audit criteria tool (September 2009)
- Guide to carrying out clinical audits on the implementation of care pathways (Revised: minor changes, Nov 2011)
Data quality
- Guide to Ensuring Data Quality in Clinical Audit (Reviewed, November 2011)
Different care settings, interface audit
- Guide to Facilitating Clinical Audit across Different Care Settings (Revised: minor changes, Nov 2011)
Doctors
- How Foundation Year Doctors can get the most from their clinical audit project (March 2011)
- Guide for clinical audit leads (March 2011)
- Local Clinical Audit: Handbook for Physicians (August 2010)
- Guide to Involving Junior Doctors in Clinical Audit (Reviewed, November 2011)
Ethics
- Ethics and clinical audit and quality improvement (Revised: minor changes, Nov 2011)
Industry, working with
- Guide to working with industry on clinical audit (Revised: minor changes, Jan 2012)
Information governance
National clinical audit
Patient and public involvement
- Patient and Public Engagement in Clinical Audit (September 2009)
- Summary - Patient and Public Engagement in Clinical Audit (September 2009)
- Guide for patients in understanding clinical audit reports (Revised: minor changes, Feb 2012)
- Clinical Audit: An Introduction for Patients (Revised: minor changes, Feb 2012)
- Guide on how to present clinical audits for the public (Revised: minor changes, Feb 2012)
New Principles of Best Practice
This is the updated version of what was known as the NICE guide to clinical audit, now ‘New Principles of Best Practice in Clinical Audit', edited by HQIP Chief Executive Robin Burgess, with contributions from Nancy Dixon, Chris Loughlan and Stephen Ashmore, amongst others. This is not downloadable here, but is commercially available in hard copy, published by Radcliffe. It is also available from online sources and bookshops. (February 2011)
Programme, policy, strategy and reporting
- Clinical audit programme guidance (Revised: major changes, January 2012)
- Templates clinical audit policy and strategy (Revised: major changes, January 2012)
- Template clinical audit report (September 2009)
Quality improvement tools
Research and service review
- A guide for clinical audit, research and service review (Revised: minor changes, Nov 2011)
Statistics
- An Introduction to Statistics for Clinical Audit (Revised: minor changes, Nov 2011)
