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
Clinical Audit Awareness Week Survey Analysis Report 2023 (PDF,117 KB, 12 pages)
HSE NCCA Clinical Audit Practical Guide 2023 (PDF, 64 pages, 4.7 MB)
HSE National Centre for Clinical Audit Annual Report 2022 (PDF, 2 MB, 22 pages)
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, 0.1 MB, 2 pages)
Original HSE Clinical Audit resources on Lenus.ie
HSE National Clinical Audit of ED Triage Report (PDF, 5.3 MB, 44 pages)
Training 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.
For information on 2024 clinical audit training events and dates, please see the NQPSD Prospectus of Quality & Patient Safety Education & Learning Programmes below.
Prospectus of Quality & Patient Safety Education and learning programmes (PDF, 4.8 MB, 114 pages)
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
Majella Daly, National Centre for Clinical Audit Assistant National Director, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate
Karen Reynolds, National Centre for Clinical Audit Co- Lead, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate
Selene Daly - Clinical Audit Facilitator
Ronan Buckley - Clinical Audit Facilitator
Patricia Gibbons - Clinical Audit Facilitator