Clinical Audit Awareness Week continues this week

June 16, 2022

Today we are hoping to raise awareness of the clinical guidelines process at SWB and how this relates to clinical audits.

There are hundreds of active clinical guidelines within SWB, and it is vitally important to ensure guidelines are reviewed regularly. This is to confirm that our local practice at SWB is aligned to national standards, including standards from professional bodies. It is also really important for reviewed guidelines to follow an agreed governance process before they are published, so that all the relevant stakeholders have been consulted and the content of guidelines is reflective of best practice. If you would like to know more about the governance process for guidelines at SWB or see our template for writing guidelines, please visit the teams Connect page.

Join our drop in sessions on Thursday 16 June, 10am – 2pm at the following locations:

• Hallam restaurant foyer, Sandwell
• Postgraduate Centre library, City

Can’t get make any of the sessions? A series of free national ‘Learn at Lunch’ webinars are being run by National Quality Improvement including Clinical Audit Network (NQICAN) 12.30pm – 2pm everyday during CAAW22. These will cover the role of clinical audit in the following:

• Patient safety
• Patient advocates
• Influencing change
• Health inequalities
• Future-proofing healthcare

During these webinars, the winners of the national ‘audit heroes’ for each category will be announced where SWB have five colleagues who have been nominated – click here to find out more.

For more information about the week and get in touch with the team, please email swbh.auditteam-clineffec@nhs.net.