2.5.7 Clinical Audit

Question 1

What is a clinical audit?

Answer 1

A continuous cycle of quality improvement that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care (including procedures and services) against explicit standards and best practice, and to use any shortfalls in standards of care to enable improvements to be made.

Question 2

What is the aim of a clinical audit?

Answer 2

To determine whether a current service or procedure reaches a specified standard, to use that information to inform improvements in care, and then evaluate those changes by re-auditing.

Question 3

Why are clinical audits important?

Answer 3

For the maintenance and improvement in patient care and safety.

Question 4

See the clinical audit guide on the RPS website at www.rpharms.com for detailed information on conducting an audit and examples of audit templates.

Answer 4

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Question 5

Further Reading

Answer 5

Royal Pharmaceutical Society
A Competency Framework for all Prescribers.

www.rpharms.com
General Pharmaceutical Council
Equality guidance for pharmacies. 2022.

www.pharmacyregulation.org