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Clinical Audit Support Centre and Healthcare Conferences UK are delighted to be partnering again to bring you the eighth edition of Clinical Auditorium.
This free initiative was established in 2021 and aims to provide expert keynote speakers focusing on the hot topics facing those conducting clinical audit and QI projects in healthcare. To date, auditoriums have looked at a wide range of key subjects, from patient involvement to getting the most out of national audits, from enhancing your audit career to examining how clinical audit relates to other QI methodologies.
It feels like the eighth edition of Auditorium comes at a perfect time, given the current leadership vacuum that exists in the profession. With the national network on pause and HQIP providing little information on their plans to set up a new association, the event will explore how local clinical audit teams can add value with particular emphasis on patient safety and patient experience.
Recent evidence suggests that local clinical audit teams are under increased pressure and shrinking in size. This is worrying news and our mini conference will explore this in more detail. Feedback from our last Auditorium event in December 2025 highlighted the need for more time to discuss and debate issues. With this in mind, we have ensured a minimum of 60 minutes will be allocated for discussion, allowing everyone to have their say and share their experiences and ideas.
In the six months that have elapsed since the last Auditorium meeting at the end of 2025, there have been key developments. These include the publication of NHS England’s new Clinical Audit and Registries: A best practice guide. This is an important document that we will devote time in terms of exploring why it has been created and why it is useful.
It gives us huge pleasure to announce that we will be joined again by Nancy Dixon from Healthcare Quality Quest. Nancy is a clinical audit and QI expert with vast strategic experience of working in this field globally. We collaborated with Nancy for the previous three Auditoriums, so it is fantastic to be linking in with her again. Nancy is keen to provide insights into how clinical audit teams can better demonstrate their true worth.
As ever the conference will be highly interactive and will generate outputs and resources that we will share after the event to help move the clinical audit and QI communities forward. Based on previous feedback, we will have a dedicated person to monitor chat throughout the morning to make sure important chat comments are picked up and shared. Moreover, Auditorium 8 represents a great opportunity to make links and converse with others facing the same challenges. Last time over 400 people registered for Auditorium so book now to make sure you don’t miss out!
