National Centre for Clinical Audit
Our purpose is to strengthen the development of an end to end process for clinical audit. This is in line with the recommendations in the National Review of Clinical Audit Report. It also meets the needs of clinical audit service providers and multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
What we do
We work to implement the National Review of Clinical Audit Report (PDF, 112 pages, 3.6MB) recommendations.
The 5 key pillars of our work are:
- National Governance of Clinical Audit.
- Local Governance of Clinical Audit.
- Clinical Audit Training.
- Clinical Audit Education resources.
- Legislative Changes affecting Clinical Audit (i.e. GDPR and Data Protection).
2 minute video of the HSE Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Colm Henry, discussing the National Review of Clinical Audit report 2019, the launch of the HSE National Centre for Clinical Audit (NCCA) in April 2022 and the importance of clinical audit in any health system.
Service providers
A wide range of national clinical audits are commissioned and managed on behalf of the HSE.
These are our clinical audit service providers:
- National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA)
- Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI)
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC, UCC)
- HSE National Clinical Programmes (NCPs)
- Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Register (OHCAR, NUI, Galway)
Resources
HSE NCCA Clinical Audit Practical Guide 2023 (PDF, 64 pages, 4.7 MB)
HSE National Steering Group for Clinical Audit Terms of Reference (PDF, 8 pages, 0.7MB)
Submit a case study for use within the NCCA training programme (DOCX, 2 pages, 0.1MB)
Original HSE Clinical Audit resources on Lenus.ie
Events
The Fundamentals in Clinical Audit Course is delivered either via e-learning (on HSELand) - hseland.ie or virtually over one full day and one half day.
The Advanced Clinical Audit Course will be delivered virtually over one day.
The training is interactive and provides a wealth of educational resources and further signposting.
HSE NCCA Fundamentals in Clinical Audit
Tue, 7 Nov 2023, 10am
HSE NCCA Fundamentals in Clinical Audit
Wed, 15 Nov 2023, 10am
Advanced Course in Clinical Audit
Wed, 22 Nov 2023, 10am
HSE NCCA Fundamentals in Clinical Audit
Thu, 7 Dec 2023, 10am
Full details of all courses are available in the HSE National Centre for Clinical Audit Training Programme 2023
If you would like to submit a clinical audit case study that your organisation is running for potential use within the HSE National Clinical Audit Centre training programme, please complete this document.
For related queries or further information, please contact the HSE National Centre for Clinical Audit at ncca@hse.ie
Contact
Twitter: @hsencca
Maria Lordan Dunphy, Assistant National Director/National Centre for Clinical Audit Lead, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate
Karen Reynolds, National Centre for Clinical Audit Co- Lead, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate