Manuals
First are the links to the all important manuals. They guide you step by step through the processes for guideline production and clinical audit
| Audit Manual 2nd Edition March 2016 | Step by step guide on how to design and implement a clinical audit project |
| Guideline Development Manual November 2016 | Step by step guide on how to develop a NICE accredited clinical guideline |
Starting Out
Next we have some tools you will need when starting out
| Defining a good clinical question | Presentation by Dr Catriona Mayland, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer |
| Standards & Guideline Proposal Form | Complete and send to Audit Co-ordinator with initial plan for audit and review process |
| Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Proposal Form | For those groups registering with the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool |
| Evidence Checklist | Useful checklist for Guideline Development Group Leads to ensure all necessary documentation is completed and ready for upload |
Reviewing the Evidence
Making sure you review all the relative evidence for your topic and understand the significance can be a daunting prospect. Here are some things that might just make it a little easier.
| Literature Searching Skills | Angela Hall, Library Manager at the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust on how to search for evidence using NHS and other resources |
| Sifting Through The Evidence | Dr Sarah Fradsham on how to refine your search results to select the most appropriate evidence |
| Assessing Quality of Evidence | A scoring method to help assess quality of evidence. |
| Critical Appraisal Skills Programme | A guide to different studies |
| Systematic Review e-learning package | Step-by step guide on how to do a systematic review |
| Systematic Literature Review Summary Form | Final record of search results |
Auditing Practice
There is a lot of information out there looking at what makes a good clinical audit or quality improvement project. We have highlighted a couple of resources that you just may find helpful.
| Clinical Audit e-learning | Guide for all professionals in how to do an audit |
| Guide to quality improvement for the public | e-learning for public members of the Guideline Development Groups |
Forms
Concise list of all the forms needed by a GDG…. coming soon
Professional Requirements
The following links are included to help support you regarding audit curriculum competencies for registrars and revalidation for doctors/AfC/KSF for nurses and AHPs:
- JRCPTB Specialty Training Curriculum for Palliative Medicine
- Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Non clinical work and revalidation 2009
- Royal College of Physicians – Quality Improvement for revalidation pCAT tool
- HQUIP Local clinical audit – A handbook for physicians. 2010
Additional Resources
| Posters; A Guide to Creating Visuals | Dr Karen Groves guides you through creating an effective poster |
| Top Tips on Writing for Publication | Dr Amara Nwosu gives tips to help when writing for publication. To access a special edition podcast about writing click here. |
| Guide to Quality Improvement Methods | Methods to help implement change from audit and clinical guidelines |
| Conflict of Interest Statement | For group members to complete on guideline submission with the Submission Checklist for Completed Guidelines |
| Feedback Form for Audit Sub-Group Members | Steering Group Members Feedback Form (must have accompanying Conflict of Interest Statement) |
| External Reviewer Feedback Form | External Reviewer Feedback Form (must have accompanying Conflict of Interest Statement) |
NICE has accredited the process used by the Cheshire and Merseyside Palliative and End of Life Care Network Audit Group to produce Palliative care and end of life care guidelines. Accreditation is valid for 5 years from 10 January 2017 and is retrospectively applicable to guidance produced using the processes described in the Cheshire and Merseyside Palliative and End of Life Care Network Audit Group guideline development manual (2016). More information on accreditation can be found at www.nice.org.uk/accreditation
