The Paediatric Audit Programme
The Network worked with the paediatric neurosurgical community to develop an audit program comprising a patient experience survey and measurement of two QPIs.
Audit of National Standards 5.1 and 5.5 (Nurse Establishment)
The Network carried out an audit of national standards relating to nursing care in neurosurgery.
An audit of clinical coding using routinely collected data, to ensure that coding information about a patient’s diagnosis and operation were correct.
National Audit of Paediatric Services
The Network developed a national audit programme for paediatric neurosurgery comprising multidisciplinary peer review of each of the four Scottish units that manage children.
Audit of National Standards 10.2 and 10.3 (Quality of Care)
The Network audited selected criteria from individual clinical standards in response to service pressures.