Audit

NHS QIS originally funded 6 audit projects over a 3 year period, with the first audit in April 2009. The first 4 audits on podiatry, RA phase 1 and 2, and vaccination have been completed. The results of the vaccination audit were presented as an oral presentation at the SSR Spring meeting 2011, and led to the development of a consensus statement which was agreed and distributed. The audit is currently being repeated in winter 2011 and more units are encouraged to participate, as completion of the second audit is not dependant on completion of the first phase. Since June, the OT led audit of work aspects of RA has been launched and 40 patients entered to date. The RA audit is complete and all patients should now have completed 12 months of follow up. The site will remain open until 31/12/11 to allow any missing data to be entered and the data will be analysed thereafter. The podiatry audit continues to recruit steadily. The final audit will look at diagnosis and management of GCA with reference to the EULAR Guidelines and should be available by early 2012.

Members wishing to contribute to the audits require a password that can be obtained from Dr. Murphy (Elizabeth.Murphy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk) and all are encouraged to become involved.

Discussions are continuing with Quality Improvement Scotland on the way forward after the grant funding runs out in March and it has been agreed that there will be a meeting in Edinburgh in February to discuss how this can be achieved. It is hoped that a representative group from SSR will attend that meeting with a good spread of both geographical and professional representation. Anyone interested in becoming involved should contact Liz Murphy at Elizabeth.Murphy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

To access the web based audit tool, click here

SSR consensus statement for vaccination in our patient groups

Please look at the attached SSR consensus statement for vaccination in our patient groups. Please also contribute data to the SSR vaccination yr2 audit via the SSR website audit tool link. There is scope for improvement in liaison with primary care providers particularly in the under 65 yrs age group. Thank you for contributing to the yr 2 data set, open for completion on line from now until Friday 2nd March 2012