THE BEST GUIDE I HAVE SEEN YET
http://www.mharris.eurobell.co.uk/contents.htm

Excellent Guide on Audit for those who have little/no experienc

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER - Department of General Practice & Primary Health Care

http://www.le.ac.uk/cgrdu/protocol.html

a list of audit protocols some of which can be viewed online

SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE - The Interface between Clinical Audit and Management

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/crag/publications/icam/ibca-00.htm

some good stuff on the principles of audit

a good section on the difference between audit and research

BULLETIN OF THE KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SPECIALIZATION 2002;

http://kims.org.kw/bulletin/Issues/issue2/Audit.pdf

an excellent introduction to the principles of audit

a review article summarizing the definition, aims, and steps of audit, how to choose a topic, the audit cycle and how to implement change

NOSA

http://www.nosa.org.uk/information/audit/introduction.htm

some guidelines from the National Office for Summative Assessment on audit (the team that says how your audit will be marked) – YOU MUST READ the guidelines and adhere to them.

Please note, all audits will be marked according to the 8-point COGPED criteria and NOT the criterion sheet for the National Project Marking Schedule (NPMS).

Many audits fail simple because they do not adhere to the guidance provided by NOSA.

RCGP INFORMATION SHEETS

http://www.rcgp.org.uk/rcgp/information/publications/information/rcf0017/Rcf0017a.asp

RCGP information sheet on Audit in General practice

·  Making Medical Audit Effective, Joint Centre for Education in Medicine

Available from JCEM, 33 Millman St, London WC1N 3EJ Tel 0171 831 6222 Price £12.50

Very Easy to Read, Invaluable Guide

·  Irvine D, Irvine S (Eds). Making Sense of Audit (2nd Edition). Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 1997

·  Marinker M. Principles in Medical Audit and General Practice. London: BMJ Publishing Group; 1990.

·  Fraser RC, Khunti K, Baker R. Effective audit in general practice: a method for systematically developing audit protocols containing evidence-based review criteria. British Journal of General Practice 1997; 47(424): 743-746 November

·  Sheldon MG. Medical audit in general practice. Butterworth Prize Essay 1981 (Occasional Paper 20). London: RCGP, 1982

·  Toon P. What is good general practice? A philosophical study of the concept of high quality medical care (Occasional paper 65). Exeter: RCGP, 1994

•  MAAGs – medical audit advisory groups

•  Clinical Governance Advisory Groups

•  National/Local Guidelines

•  RCGP database of simple tested audits for day-to-day use

•  Literature, Books

•  The WWW

•  Consultants, GPSI’s, Trainers, Partners

MAAG’s – available in each PCT – ask your local PCT for contact details. They are really helpful. An increasing number of MAAGs have changed their name to incorporate titles such as ‘Primary Care Audit Group’, ‘Quality Steering Group’, ‘Audit and Education Group’, and ‘Quality Forum’. In some localities, MAAGs have been disbanded and their functions taken over by clinical governance staff of primary care groups and trusts.

ADDRESSES – web, email & postal.

Clinical Audit Association Ltd
Cleethorpes Centre
Jackson Place
Wilton Road
Hunberton
Lincolnshire DN36 4AS
Tel: 01472 210 682
http://www.the-caa-ltd.demon.co.uk / NICE
11 Strand
London
WC2N 5HR
Tel: 020 7766 9191
Fax: 020 7766 9123
http://www.nice.org.uk / UK Cochrane Centre
Dr Iain Chalmers, Director
NHS Research and Development Programme
Summertown Pavilion
Middle Way
Oxford OX2 7LG
Tel: 01865 516300
Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit
Dept of General Practice and Primary Health Care
University of Leicester
Leicester General Hospital
Gwendolen Rd
Leicester LE5 4PW
Tel: 0116 258 4873
Fax: 0116 258 4982
email:
http://www.le.ac.uk/cgrdu / RCGP Effective Clinical Practice Unit
School of Health and Related Research
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
Tel: 0114 222 5454
Fax: 0114 272 4095
Email:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ / For information concerning work by the
Cochrane Collaboration in the field of primary care, contact:
Dr Lorne Becker
Professor and Chair
Dept of Family Medicine
SUNY Upstate Medical University
475 Irving Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
USA
Tel: +1 315 464 7010
Fax: +1 315 464 6982
E-mail:
http://www.update-software.com/ccweb/
default.html
Cochrane Database of Systematic Review
020 7383 6185
c/o
British Medical Association
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9JP / RCGP NE Scotland Faculty
The Primary Care Resource Centre
Foresterhill Road
Aberdeen AB25 2ZP
Tel: 01224 558 042
Fax: 01224 558 047
Email:
http://www.rcgp.org.uk/rcgp/faculties/
nescot/index.asp / NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
University of York
York, YO1 5DD
Tel: 01904 433 634
Fax: 01904 433 661
Email:
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd