NELFT strive for continuous improvement and uses clinical audit as a tool to work towards this. Below you can find out more about both clinical audits internal to NELFT, and wider clinical audits.
Approved NELFT Annual Clinical Audit Programmes
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 2019-2020
 
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Clinical Audit Programme-CAP 2020 -2023.pdf [pdf] 367KB
 
Clinical Audit Quality Account Submissions
Clinical Audit Shared Learning
Completed Clinical Audits - Posters and presentations
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CAMHS poster
 
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Themed completed audits from the Trust’s National Priority Clinical Audit Programme Priorities 1 & 2
 
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Themed completed audits from the Trust’s Local Priority Clinical Audit Programme
 
- NELFT Annual Healthcare Records Audit - Steve Rankin (Head of Data Quality / Medical Records)
 
- Prescribing in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: A snapshot review across two inpatient units - Dr Beryl Navti (Pharmacist)
 
- An audit exploring ethnic inequalities in accessing perinatal mental health services in NELFT - Dr Adetutu Kunuji (CT3 Core Trainee)
 
- Visibility of patient’s voice on the care plan Integrated Case Management CHS in B&D - Angela Adophy (Advanced Clinical Practitioner)
 
- How can we improve the quality of health assessments of children and young people who are in the social care system? - Dr Naila Nazi (Consultant Paediatrician)
 
- Stopping overuse of medication in people with learning disability: Emotional wellbeing and mental health services - Dr Annie Swanepoel (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist)
 
- Service evaluation of  compliance with PGDs for Depromedrone with Lidocaine and Triamcinolone — Sabine Whittington (Extended Scope Practitioner)
 
- Evaluationg the quality of information provided around Benzodiazapines and Z-drug on discharge — Arjan Degun (Medicines Safety Officer)
 
- Re-audit of diagnosis and management of ADHD at Havering CAMHS in accordance with NICE guidelines 2018 — Dr Shahzad Aslam (Specialist Garde Doctor)
 
NELFT participation in National Audits
2022
Table of completed local audits
Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health - UK (POMH-UK)
NELFT POMH Audit Presentations
- POMH QIP Topic 1h &3e - Prescribing high dose and combined antipsychotics in Adults 2022 – Pharmacy Team
 
- POMH-UK QIP Topic 20b Improving the quality of prescribing valproate in mental health services. – Arjan Degun
 
- POMH QIP 18b: Use of Clozapine 2021 – Fatimat Aigbekaen
 
NELFT POMH-UK Final Reports
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POMH-UK Topic 16a report
 
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POMH-UK Topic 7e report
 
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POMH-UK QIP Topic15a report
 
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POMH-UK Topic 1g and 3d report
 
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pomh 18b use of clozapine audit
 
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pomh 19b Prescribing for depression poster
 
NCEPOD (National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death) Reports
Planning for the End
We are pleased to announce that NCEPOD has released a new report — "Planning for the End" — a review of quality of care provided to adult patients towards the end of life. Please click here to download the full report, summaries and additional QI reseources.