“A clinical audit is one of the main types of quality improvement activities. It is a way to determine if healthcare is being provided in line with standards. It helps care providers, commissioners and patients understand where services are doing well and where improvements are needed”
Clinical Audit and Registries – A best practice guide (NHS England January 2026)
“What I do know is we won’t be talking about the things we talk about today in five years because I think our landscape will be very different”
(Stella Vig, NHS England, Clinical Audit for Improvement Summit 2025)
This new and ground-breaking course comes at a time when clinical audit is enjoying a period of rejuvenation having been endorsed in 2026 as a vital quality improvement tool by NHS England. At the same time, long-standing challenges that have stopped clinical audit from reaching its full potential often remain at a local level, while developments and innovations particularly in relation to digital records and the increasing use of AI suggest clinical audit will be transformed over the next decade.
This innovative course has been designed by clinical audit experts to help raise clinical audit standards within your organisation. The course is ambitious and action-packed, crammed full of best practice guidance and new ideas. By attending this course, you will link in with experienced healthcare professionals who have a passion for clinical audit and quality improvement. The emphasis of the day will be on sharing best practice and creating meaningful discussions via chat, breakout rooms and fun tasks. We will explore the long-held narrative that clinical audit is mainly used for assurance purposes and is a dry, data-driven subject. If you feel that clinical audit in your organisation needs a boost, then this is the course for you.
Note: all learners on this course will receive 6-months access to the facilitators e-learning portal which provides detailed information on key clinical audit terminology and methodology.
