A P P R O V E D B Y T H E R C N A C C R E D I TAT I O N U N I T

Auditing and Evaluating

Nurse Led Care, Clinics
and Services
A step-by-step guide to clinical audit
and improvement for nurses
Tuesday 18 September 2007 The Royal College of Nursing London

A practical case study based conference

focussing on auditing and evaluating
nurse led care, clinics and services

Topics include:

Implementing clinical audit in practice: a nursing guide

National clinical audit: the nursing contribution
Nurse led clinical audit: training and education
A step-by-step guide to delivering an effective
nurse led clinical audit project
Auditing the effectiveness of a nurse led service
Auditing and evaluating new and advanced nursing roles
Auditing the impact of national initiatives
Involving and engaging patients in clinical audit
Changing and developing practice as a result of your
clinical audit findings

Chaired by
Linda Watterson
Senior Research
and Development Fellow
The Royal College of Nursing
Specialists in the organisation of healthcare conferences
Auditing and Evaluating Nurse Led Care,
Clinics and Services
A step-by-step guide to clinical audit and improvement for nurses
Tuesday 18 September 2007 The Royal College of Nursing London

Clinical audit is essential for quality improvement. Speakers and Chairman include:
With the development of nursing roles and Jane Butler
Consultant Heart Failure Nurse
nurse led services it is necessary for nurses
Barts and The London NHS Trust
to have the skills required to monitor the
Emma Challans
impact and quality of the care they Regional Programmes Manager
Improvement Foundation
provide. This enables nurses to work with
and actively involve and engage patients, Heather Jarman
Consultant Nurse Emergency Care
carers and the public in clinical audit and quality St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
improvement.
Amanda Kilshaw
Regional Audit Coordinator
for Greater Manchester
This one day case study based Essence of Care Project (GMEC)
conference offers a step-by-step University Hospital of South Manchester
NHS Foundation Trust
guide to delivering effective
Helen Laing
clinical audit for nurses.
Commissioning and Contracts Manager
It provides guidance on Healthcare Commission

developing competence to carry Dr Melanie Maxwell

out clinical audit, performing the
audit and changing practice as a
result of the findings.
Head of Clinical Practice Research
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust
Caroline Mills
Clinical Effectiveness Facilitator
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

A series of case studies will be used to Tracy Ruthven

Director
demonstrate experiences of carrying out Clinical Audit Support Centre
an audit to monitor the impact of
Linda Watterson
nurse led services, new and advanced Senior Research and Development Fellow
The Royal College of Nursing
roles and national initiatives.
Joanne Woolley
Regional Audit Coordinator
for Greater Manchester
Essence of Care Project (GMEC)
University Hospital of South Manchester
NHS Foundation Trust
Chairman: Linda Watterson Senior Research and Development Fellow The Royal College of Nursing

10.00 Chairman’s introduction and opening presentation

Implementing nurse led clinical audit in practice
● setting the scene
● the importance of nursing involvement in clinical audit
● the role of the RCN

10.40 National clinical audit: the nursing contribution

Helen Laing ● delivering national clinical audit: current and future national audit programmes
Commissioning and Contracts Manager ● the nursing contribution to national clinical audits
Healthcare Commission ● working as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve quality of care

11.10 Questions and answers, followed by coffee and exhibition at 11.20

11.50 Nurse led clinical audit: training and education

Dr Melanie Maxwell ● developing competence: learning the skills required to lead clinical audit
Head of Clinical Practice Research ● teaching others: delivering clinical audit training and education
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust ● an overview of the training programmes available

12.20 A step-by-step guide to delivering an effective nurse led clinical audit project
Tracy Ruthven ● a step-by-step guide to delivering nurse led clinical audit
Director ● preparing for an audit: the practicalities
Clinical Audit Support Centre ● useful audit techniques and tools
● prospective v retrospective clinical audit

13.00 Questions and answers, followed by lunch and exhibition at 13.10

14.00 Auditing the effectiveness of a nurse led service

Case study: auditing the nurse led heart failure service at Barts
Jane Butler a walkthrough a successful clinical audit project in practice
●

Consultant Heart Failure Nurse ● securing the resources required to carry out a nurse led audit
Barts and The London NHS Trust ● interpreting and disseminating the audit results

14.25 Auditing and evaluating new and advanced nursing roles

Case study: evaluating the role of the Emergency Care Nurse at St George’s
Heather Jarman ● undertaking valid clinical evaluation of new practice and expanded roles
Consultant Nurse Emergency Care ● case study: evaluating the role of the Emergency Care Nurse at St George’s
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

14.50 Auditing the impact of national initiatives

Case study: auditing the record keeping Essence of Care benchmark across Greater Manchester
Joanne Woolley and Amanda Kilshaw ● auditing the impact of national initiatives
Regional Audit Coordinators for Greater Manchester ● working across staff and healthcare boundaries
Essence of Care Project (GMEC) ● sharing audit tools and learning from each other
University Hospital of South Manchester
NHS Foundation Trust

15.15 Questions and answers, followed by tea and exhibition at 15.25

15.45 Involving and engaging patients in clinical audit

Emma Challans ● working with and actively involving and engaging patients, carers and the public in clinical
Regional Programmes Manager audit and quality improvement
Improvement Foundation ● empowering patients as auditors
● an overview of the Clinical Audit Patient Panel (CAPP) in Sheffield

16.15 Changing and developing practice as a result of your clinical audit findings
Caroline Mills ● improving quality: ensuring change occurs as result of clinical audit findings
Clinical Effectiveness Facilitator ● tips for effective change management
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust ● examples of clinical audit that have changed and developed clinical practice

16.45 Questions and answers, followed by close at 16.55

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