What is a national clinical audit/outcomes project?
It is either a project funded by the NCAPO Programme (includes NJR and PICANet) or, although separately funded, meets all of the following criteria:
- national (England) coverage (achieved or intended)
- main focus is the quality of clinical practice
- evaluates practice against clinical criteria/guidelines and/or collects outcomes data
- applies the audit cycle and/or monitors clinical/patient outcomes data in an ongoing way
- prospective (ie does not include retrospective reviews of adverse outcomes such as confidential enquiries).
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