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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:

Resources

HSE NCCA Clinical Audit Practical Guide 2023 (PDF, 64 pages, 4.7 MB)

National Centre for Clinical Audit Nomenclature – Glossary of Terms for Clinical Audit (PDF, 12 pages, 0.8MB)

HSE NCCA Organogram (JPEG)

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

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HSE NCCA Fundamentals in Clinical Audit

Wed, 15 Nov 2023, 10am

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Advanced Course in Clinical Audit

Wed, 22 Nov 2023, 10am

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HSE NCCA Fundamentals in Clinical Audit

Thu, 7 Dec 2023, 10am

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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

ncca@hse.ie

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