Why should my organisation participate in national and local audit?

HQIP is committed to improving patient care and clinical audit is a key element in that process. National audit provides valuable comparative information at national and local level. Organisations and clinicians can compare achievements with their peers and share experiences with one another.

It also has great potential to provide information to the public about the quality of clinical care provided by the NHS services that they fund through the taxes they pay. Participation in local clinical audits and outcomes monitoring is the mark of a service that is constantly striving to improve. This aspect of good clinical governance will feed into the Care Quality Commission's Annual Health Check.

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