Robust data and learning from audits play an essential role in helping to identify risks, prevent harm, and build safer systems of care.
Patient safety isn’t something that sits at the end of a process; it’s the reason that process exists in the first place” Chris Boulton, Director of Operations, National Joint Registry (NJR)
Data from audits and registries can be used to detect safety signals, understand where harm is occurring, and support action to reduce risk and improve patient safety.
Did you know? Patient Safety was one of the five topics covered in depth during Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2026. Click here to access the webinar recording and additional resources, including a presentation from the Patient Safety category winner of the Excellence in Clinical Audit Awards.
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