Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes. This is achieved through systematically reviewing care, using comparisons with a set standard, followed by the implementation of change. Aspects of the structure, processes and outcomes of care are selected and evaluated against a set criteria. Improvements are then implemented and the process re-evaluated, thus completing the audit cycle.
This process allows us to find out if the health care we provide is in line with standards and lets us know when we are doing well or where there could be improvements.
The General Dental Council (GDC, 2013) Standards For the Dental Team also states:
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