HQIP statutory and mandatory requirements in clinical audit guidance

Guidance | Published: 02 Sep 2019

This table tool summarises the current statutory and mandatory requirements imposed on healthcare providers who work in the NHS in England. It takes as its central tenets the following:

When carried out in accordance with best practice standards, clinical audit provides assurance of compliance with clinical standards; identifies and minimises risk, waste and inefficiencies; improves the quality of care and patient outcomes.

Reviewed: September 2019

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HQIP statutory and mandatory requirements in clinical audit guidance