Our National Audit Programme (NAP)

All national clinical audits managed by ICNARC sit under our ‘National Audit Programme’ umbrella.

Our National Audit Programme:

Creates

• new audits
• new audit products (e.g. comparative reports)

Develops

• current audits (size and scope of data collection)
• current audit products (how they work and what they cover)
• ways to speed up data processing

Encourages

• sharing best practice and learning across our audits

Standardises

• the way we handle information security
• the services we provide to our customers
• the way we define the data collected
• how we ensure data are as good as they can be
• our reports (what they cover, their structure and design)

Coordinates

• our approach to changes in health care policy
• managing deadlines/pressure points across the team
• maintaining staffing levels/cover
• cross-audit working
• links with other audits and research studies (within ICNARC and externally)

Current Audits

 Case Mix Programme


 National Cardiac Arrest Audit


 Irish National Intensive Care Unit Audit


 Assessment of Risk in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care