Previous Audits



 

2013 Consultant sign-off

Data collection for this audit has now closed. Participants will be sent a report comparing their findings with the national results and previous findings in late May 2013.

 

2012-13 CEM Audits: feverish children, #NOF and renal colic

A huge thank you to all of the Emergency Departments who submitted audit data for the 2012-13 audits. Reports have been sent by e-mail to each participating ED, comparing individual ED findings with the national results and CEM standards (reports sent by e-mail on 6th February 2012).  

Download the UK findings for feverish children

Download the UK findings for #NOF

Download the UK findings for renal colic

In line with accepted best practice, and the expectations of our patients and the wider public, all audit data collected by the College of Emergency Medicine from August 2012 are being shared with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and placed in the public domain. It is important to note that clinical audit is an indicator of the quality of care provided and not an absolute measure; audit data should be interpreted alongside other indicators of care within the local context, and taking account of factors specific to individual Emergency Departments (EDs). Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care against explicit criteria and the implementation of change. All EDs should seek to use audit data to help identify areas for improvement and seek to implement change to further improve, regardless of performance in relation to other EDs. Further information regarding the purpose and conduct of the College's clinical audit programme can be found here: https://secure.collemergencymed.ac.uk/code/document.asp?ID=6311.
 
The results from all participating EDs for the 2012 CEM audits of feverish children, fractured neck of femur and renal colic are now available here. Details of the audit methodology and criteria can be found in the data collection tools which are available to download at the bottom of this page. 

 

2011-12 CEM audits: pain in children and severe sepsis & septic shock

A huge thank you to all of the Emergency Departments who submitted audit data for the 2011-12 audits. Reports have been sent by e-mail to each participating ED, comparing individual ED findings with the national results and CEM standards (reports sent by e-mail on 18th May 2012).  

Download the UK findings for the pain in children audit

Download the Executive Summary for pain in children

Download the UK findings for the severe sepsis & septic shock audit

Download the Executive Summary for severe sepsis & septic shock

 

2011 CEM audit: Consultant Sign-Off

In December 2010 the College of Emergency Medicine published a standard for “Consultant Sign-Off” in UK and ROI Emergency Departments. This included an undertaking to audit and review the standard during 2011, and the College has therefore conducted a national audit of the standard in September 2011.(Download the Consultant Sign-Off Audit Statement published on 05/08/2011).

The purpose of the audit was to identify current levels of compliance with the College standard and the impact of this standard on current practice, in order to inform subsequent review.

Reports were sent to each participating ED on 22 December 2011.

Download the UK findings for the Consultant Sign-Off Audit

Download the Executive Summary

The College and the Clinical Effectiveness Committee would like to thank all ED staff for their continued support of the national CEM audit programme.

 

2010/11 CEM audits: feverish children, renal colic and vital signs in majors

We would like to thank all of the Emergency Departments who submitted audit data for the 2010-11 round. A record number of EDs participated.

Reports have been sent by e-mail to each participating ED, comparing individual ED findings with the national results and CEM standards (28th Apr 2011).  

Download the 2010/11 Executive Summary

 

2009/10 CEM/CQC audits: pain in children, fractured neck of femur, severe and moderate asthma

We would like to thank all of the Emergency Departments who have submitted audit data for the 2009-10 round.

Reports have been sent by e-mail to each participating ED, comparing individual ED findings with the national results and CEM standards (5th Nov 2011).  

An executive summary of the national findings for the three audits can be downloaded here:

CEM Audits 2009/10 Executive Summary

 

Summary of key findings 2003-2008

The College has produced a report summarising the results from three of the national audits (pain in children, fractured neck of femur and paracetamol overdose) which have been repeated in Emergency Departments (EDs) between 2003 and 2008. 

 

2008/09 Results

The national findings for the audits undertaken in 2008/2009 are available below:

The reports have been prepared by the Care Quality Commission and compare your Emergency Department with other departments nationally that completed audit returns.

We are sure that all departments will strive to make continuous improvements but would ask all those that fall in the lower performance quartile to address improvement issues as a matter of urgency in order to ensure high quality is delivered to all who use your service.

We would also encourage you to share these reports with your trust board.

Information from these reports will feed in to the Care Quality Commission’s assessment of NHS Trusts.

Should you think that any of the information contained in these reports misrepresent the results for your department, please contact CEM by emailing philip.mcmillan@collemergencymed.ac.uk or by telephoning Philip on 020 7067 1269.

 

Previous Audit Tools

Emergency Departments are welcome to use previous audit tools to assist them in conducting their own audits. Click on the links below: