Improvement work that follows care into the community

• Patient Safety

  Clinical Handover Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether clinical handovers are structured, complete, documented and action-focused, supporting safe continuity of care across shifts, teams, wards, services or care settings.

• Governance

  Weekend Discharge Planning Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether patients likely to leave hospital over a weekend or bank holiday have timely, safe and clearly documented discharge plans, actions, medicines, transport, support and escalation arrangements.

• Patient Safety

  Delirium Screening Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether delirium risk, screening, recognition, documentation, escalation and communication are completed reliably.

• Acute Medicine

  SDEC Suitability Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether adults with urgent or emergency care needs are assessed for SDEC suitability, referred appropriately, managed safely and either discharged the same day or admitted with clear documented reasons.

• Acute Medicine

  Specialty Referral Delay Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether specialty referrals are made, acknowledged, reviewed, documented and escalated within locally agreed timeframes, and whether delays affect patient flow, diagnosis, treatment or safety.

• Acute Medicine

  Delayed Investigations Impact Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether delayed investigations are identified, documented, escalated and acted on, and whether delays affect diagnosis, treatment, discharge, length of stay, patient safety or service flow.

• Acute Medicine

  Criteria-Led Discharge Readiness Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether discharge readiness and criteria-led discharge plans are clear, authorised and acted on.

• Medicines Safety

  Diabetes Medication Review in Acute Illness Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether diabetes medicines are reviewed, adjusted, documented, escalated and safely communicated during acute illness, reduced intake, AKI, hyperglycaemia or hypoglycaemia.

• Patient Safety

  Falls Risk Assessment Documentation Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether falls risk is identified, assessed, documented, escalated and addressed through an individualised care plan.

• Acute Medicine

  Board Round Effectiveness Audit

  Included in bundle

  Audit whether board rounds are structured, multidisciplinary, action-focused and effective in identifying patient status, discharge barriers, criteria to reside, escalation needs and clear next steps.

• Patient Safety

  Pregnancy Testing Before Relevant Procedures Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review whether pregnancy status is checked, tested where indicated, documented before relevant procedures and acted on appropriately.

• Patient Safety

  Paediatric Early Warning Score Documentation Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review whether paediatric observations, PEWS scoring, escalation, reassessment and parent/carer concern are documented appropriately.

• Medicines Safety

  Physical Health Monitoring for Patients Taking Antipsychotics

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review baseline and ongoing physical health monitoring for people prescribed antipsychotic medicines.

• Patient Safety

  Communication of Urgent or Unexpected Imaging Findings Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review whether urgent, critical, unexpected significant or actionable imaging findings are alerted, acknowledged, acted on and closed safely.

• Patient Safety

  Daily Sedation Review Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review whether sedated critical care patients have a documented daily sedation plan, target, score, review and safety exception.

• Patient Safety

  Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Risk Assessment Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review whether PONV risk is assessed, prophylaxis is matched to risk, and postoperative nausea and vomiting are assessed, treated and communicated.

• Patient Safety

  Preoperative Assessment Documentation Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review the completeness and reliability of preoperative assessment documentation before surgery and relevant procedures.

• Patient Safety

  Pain Assessment and Reassessment Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review whether pain is assessed, acted on, reassessed after intervention and escalated appropriately.

• Primary Care

  Asthma Annual Review and Reliever Overuse Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review the quality of asthma annual reviews, including control, reliever use, inhaler technique and personalised action plans.

• Long-term Conditions

  Hypertension Monitoring Audit

  Available to add

  Free project — no credit required. Review the quality of routine monitoring for adults with diagnosed hypertension.

• Documentation

  Clinical Documentation Standards Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether clinical documentation is clear, accurate, attributable, timely and sufficient for safe continuity of care.

• Acute Medicine

  Sepsis Six Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether suspected sepsis is recognised, escalated, managed and reassessed in line with local sepsis policy.

• Patient Safety

  VTE Risk Assessment Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether VTE and bleeding risk assessment is documented and acted on for eligible patients.

• Documentation

  Discharge Summary Quality Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether discharge summaries are timely, accurate, complete and useful for safe transfer of care.

• Medicines Safety

  Medicines Reconciliation Within 24 Hours Audit

  Available to add

  Audit medicines reconciliation within 24 hours of admission.

• Medicines Safety

  Antibiotic Review at 48–72 Hours Audit

  Available to add

  Audit antibiotic review at 48–72 hours.

• Patient Safety

  AKI Recognition and Management Audit

  Available to add

  Audit recognition, staging and management of acute kidney injury.

• Infection Prevention

  Hand Hygiene Audit

  Available to add

  Audit compliance with the WHO 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene.

• Acute Medicine

  Sepsis Six Audit

  Available to add

  Explore a completed Sepsis Six audit end-to-end.

• Medicines Safety

  Medicines Reconciliation Audit

  Available to add

  Explore a completed medicines reconciliation project.

• Respiratory

  Oxygen Prescribing Audit

  Available to add

  Audit oxygen prescribing, target saturation ranges, monitoring and review.

• Governance

  DNACPR / ReSPECT Documentation Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether DNACPR and ReSPECT documentation is clear, person-centred, reviewed and reliably communicated.

• Governance

  Consent Documentation Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether consent documentation shows a real decision-making process, not just a completed form.

• Medicines Safety

  Opioid Prescribing Safety Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether opioid prescribing is justified, reviewed, monitored and communicated safely.

• Primary Care

  Long-Term Conditions Review Audit

  Available to add

  Audit long-term condition reviews in primary care.

• Governance

  Re-audit Cycle Tracker

  Available to add

  Track and compare audit cycles over time.

• Mental Health

  Mental Health Risk Assessment Documentation Audit

  Available to add

  Audit the quality and safety of mental health risk assessment documentation.

• Acute Medicine

  NEWS2 Escalation Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether NEWS2 observations, scoring, clinical concern and escalation actions are documented and acted on in line with local deterioration policy.

• Acute Medicine

  Medically Fit for Discharge Audit

  Available to add

  Audit Criteria to Reside review, Discharge Ready Date documentation, discharge barriers, ownership and escalation to reduce avoidable delay.

• Medicines Safety

  Anticholinergic Review Audit

  Available to add

  Audit anticholinergic burden review, deprescribing decisions and follow-up.

• Medicines Safety

  Polypharmacy Review Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether people with polypharmacy have a structured, person-centred medicines review that is properly documented.

• Patient Safety

  End-of-Life Escalation Planning Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether end-of-life escalation plans are documented, person-centred, clinically clear, communicated and accessible across relevant teams and settings.

• Acute Medicine

  Chest Pain Pathway Compliance

  Available to add

  Audit chest pain pathway compliance.

• Acute Medicine

  Stroke Thrombolysis Door-to-Needle Audit

  Available to add

  Audit thrombolysis door-to-needle times.

• Patient Safety

  Pulmonary Embolism Audit

  Available to add

  Audit whether suspected or confirmed pulmonary embolism is assessed, investigated, risk-stratified, treated, escalated, documented and followed up safely in line with national guidance and local pathways.

• Acute Medicine

  Acute Heart Failure Bundle Audit

  Available to add

  Audit acute heart failure bundle delivery.

• Acute Medicine

  Community-Acquired Pneumonia CURB-65 Audit

  Available to add

  Audit CURB-65 use in CAP.

• Patient Safety

  AKI Bundle Compliance Audit

  Available to add

  Audit AKI care bundle delivery.

• Acute Medicine

  Hyperkalaemia Management Audit

  Available to add

  Audit management of hyperkalaemia.

• Acute Medicine

  Diabetic Ketoacidosis Management Audit

  Available to add

  Audit DKA management pathway.

• Medicines Safety

  Inpatient Hypoglycaemia Management Audit

  Available to add

  Audit hospital hypoglycaemia response.

• Acute Medicine

  Alcohol Withdrawal (CIWA) Management Audit

  Available to add

  Audit CIWA-driven withdrawal management.

• Acute Medicine

  Upper GI Bleed Management Audit

  Available to add

  Audit acute upper GI bleed care.

• Acute Medicine

  Acute Coronary Syndrome Pathway Audit

  Available to add

  Audit ACS diagnostic and treatment pathway.

• Acute Medicine

  Anaphylaxis Management Audit

  Available to add

  Audit anaphylaxis recognition and treatment.

• Documentation

  Post-Take Ward Round Documentation Audit

  Available to add

  Audit post-take ward round documentation.

• Patient Safety

  Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Audit

  Available to add

  Audit pressure ulcer risk assessment, skin assessment and prevention planning.

• Patient Safety

  Nutritional Screening (MUST) Audit

  Available to add

  Audit MUST nutritional screening.

• Patient Safety

  Blood Transfusion Consent & Monitoring Audit

  Available to add

  Audit transfusion consent and monitoring.

• Medicines Safety

  Safe Insulin Prescribing Audit

  Available to add

  Audit safe insulin prescribing.

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