Current Audits



2013/14 CEM clinical audits

The following audits are being conducted in 2013/14:

  • Severe sepsis and septic shock (adults) - this audit will repeat the audit conducted in 2011/12 (See CEM standards)
  • Asthma (children) - this audit is being conducted for the first time (See CEM standards)
  • Paracetamol overdose (adults) - this audit will be undertaken against revised standards that are currently being written. The standards will be based on the new MHRA guidance

The College is currently building a new web based audit system for data collection and reporting which we intend to use for the 2013/14 audits which will commence in August.

Important notices:

  • CEM has created new guidelines regarding participation in our Clinical Audit Programme. These can be downloaded here.

    To continue to benefit from participation in the Clinical Audit Programme, you will need to register your Trust by returning a completed registration form by 5pm on Monday 1 July 2013.

    You can download the application form here.

  • On 24 August 2012 revised clinical standards were published by the College. Please note that the audits below for 2012/13 are based on the standards as previously written - they are not based on the newly published version. The 2013/14 onwards will be based on the new version.

 

Peer support scheme for audit

Read details of the College's proposed scheme for sharing audit best practice.

Download the announcement of the scheme

 


External Audits

Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Audit Toolkit

A learning tool to support the quality of urgent and emergency care services for patients has being launched on 30th March 2011 by the Royal College of General Practitioners. Go to the Audit Guidance page for more information and to download the toolkit.

NCAPOP and Audit Resources

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) manages and develops the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP). In addition HQIP is developing guidance and resources to assist local clinical audit programmes. www.hqip.org.uk

 


Audit contacts

It is important for the College to maintain contact details for Consultants and administrators responsible for audit in their Departments in order to keep them informed of audit developments. Please notify the College administrator of any changes to your contact details (see details below).

 

Support

Should you have any questions please e-mail philip.mcmillan@collemergencymed.ac.uk or phone 020 7067 1269.

 

Results

Your Department’s audit data will be compared against previous and national results. Reports for 2011/12 were e-mailed to EDs on Thursday 18th May 2012.

 

Previous audit results