Specialist areas
Audit
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Clinical audit involves reviewing, maintaining and improving the quality of patient care.
The network is involved in three main areas of clinical audit:
Network Group
The Network's tumour specific, cross-cutting and nursing groups all have ongoing clinical audit programmes. Audit topics relevant to the Network are selected by the groups.
National Clinical Audit Support Programme (NCASP)
NCASP is commissioned by the Healthcare Commission to run national clinical audits for heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Participation in NCASP audits is monitored in the Healthcare Commission's annual healthcheck for Acute Trusts and in the National Cancer Peer Review Process.
NCASP currently incorporates five cancer audits:
- Data for Head and Neck Oncology (DAHNO)
- Lung Cancer Data Audit (LUCADA)
- National Bowel Cancer Audit Project (NBOCAP)
- National Oesophago-gastric Cancer Audit
- National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit
National Professional Bodies
These are national audits carried out or endorsed by the professional bodies of the clinical specialties. Examples include: