Enclosure 21 - Clinical and Non Clinical Audit Policy - ES–

Enclosure 21 Trust Board Meeting Agenda Item: 9.2Wednesday, 25 May 2005 Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust Clinical and Non-Clinical Audit Policy Executive Summary 1. Introduction Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust is committed to implementing an inclusive organisational wide approach to audit. The Clinical and Non Clinical Audit Policy outlines the overall plan to strengthen the evidence base of clinical and non clinical audit activity. The registration process and systems around Audit Control will ensure quality assurance. 2. Recommendation The process of audit approval is conditional as part of Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust employees carrying out audit. The Research and Audit Committee has the responsibility to provide validation of audit registration and the quality assurance processes. The Trust Board is asked to endorse the policy. Bev Atkinson Director of Nursing SUNDERLAND TEACHING PRIMARY CARE TRUST CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL AUDIT POLICY APRIL 2005 CONTROL INFORMATION DOCUMENT NAME: CLINICAL AND NON- CAL AUDIT POLICY DOCUMENT REFERENCE NUMBER: AUTHOR: KATH LOWERY SIGNATURE OF RATIFYING OFFICER: DATE OF FIRST ISSUE: APRIL 2005 DOCUMENT HISTORY: ISSUE NUMBER: AMENDED DATE OF DOCUMENT: RE-ISSUE DATE: APRIL 2008 TRAINING IMPLEMENTED: AUDIT POLICY / PROCEDURE DATE: ...