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Most hospitals fail to meet the current guidelines for CT scanning after stroke. National performance figures are collected by central audit staff. Audit perfor…
Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) under local anaesthesia or retrograde ureteric stenting under general anaesthesia are effective treatments to relieve renal impai…
Audit of central and peripheral venous catheter insertion in Radiology Department.
The need for this audit stemmed from a house call for a patient. When the doctor was about to give the patient some tablets, it was noted the drug in the bag w…
The aims of this audit were to monitor – Number of skin lesions removed from August 2013 – December 2013 Excision margins (if requested, if commented on, and …
Concerns were raised at a GP Sub-committee meeting about the length of time it was taking for final discharge letters to be received. Several examples were give…
This is an 8-point audit where the criterion was that the GP's prescribing of antibiotics should be concordant with the Highland Formulary.
Audit / Outcomes and Reflection
Introduction Resistance to antibiotics is a growing healthcare issue. Advice to GPs is to only prescribe antibiotics where necessary and restrict the antibiotic…
To assess the effectiveness of medical or surgical treatment in patients with sino-nasal disease who present to ENT outpatient clinics.
Biannual audit and discussion of all cases of painful erythema developing during a course of phototherapy.
To evaluate how well we are adhering to national guidelines (CG60: Surgical management of OME, Feb 2008); specifically do our paediatric patients meet the crite…
Background NICE Guideline 63 (Diabetes in Pregnancy) states that: 1.6.2.4 Women who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes should be offered lifestyle advice …
Review of clotrimazole / hydrocortisone cream prescription; research into guidelines.
Addressing the Challenges A review of the development of a mCUP service within the hospital, including referral and diagnostic pathways, additional support for …
Example of Board paper summarising work on reducing HAI. The Medical Director is the Board lead for HAI, directly manages the Infection Control Team and chairs …
