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National Clinical Audit Advisory Group (NCAAG)

As of 1 January 2012 NCAAG has been renamed the National Advisory Group on Clinical Audit and Enquiries (NAGCAE).

The National Clinical Audit Advisory Group (NCAAG) was established to drive the reinvigoration programme and provide a national focus for discussion and advice on matters relating to clinical audit. The NCAAG will also advise on the DH’s  National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).

National Advisory Group on Clinical Audit and Enquiries

As of 1 January 2012 National Clinical Audit Advisory Group (NCAAG) has been renamed the National Advisory Group on Clinical Audit and Enquiries (NAGCAE).

About NCAAG

NCAAG functions can be summarised as:

  • to drive the reinvigoration of clinical audit, both nationally and locally, yielding new publicly available information to support improvements to clinical practice and service delivery
  • to provide strategic advice and guidance to the Department of Health on the National Clinical Audit & Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), and in particular on proposals for new national clinical audits and for discontinuing existing ones
  • to advise on issues as requested by the Department of Health

The National Clinical Audit and Patients' Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) is administered by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) - a consortium comprised of the Royal College of Nursing, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and National Voices.

Membership

Press enquiries

All press enquiries should be directed to the Department of Health Press Office rather than members directly.

Meetings

Dates of future meetings:

Freedom of information

Latest information

29 February 2012

January 2011: Outliers Guidance

NCAAG, supported by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), has made recommendations, accepted by the Department of Health on the Detection and Management of Outliers identified through national clinical audits. The recommendations are now published as guidance and set out how potentially outlying performance can be identified and develops a framework for national clinical audits to use in engaging provider organisations. The guidance also sets out the procedures to be followed should a national clinical audit identify an NHS organisation with apparently poor performance and details the actions needed, who should take them, and when.

November 2010: Guidance on Data linkage between National Clinical Audits and other databases

NCAAG, working collaboratively with the NHS Information Centre, the Office for National Statistics and the Ethics and Confidentiality Committee of the National Information Goverancne Board, has prepared guidance on "Data linkage between National Clinical Audits and other databases at individual patient level".

September 2010: NCAs for inclusion in Quality Accounts 2011

NCAAG has provided advice to the Department on those national clinical audits that NHS provider organisations need to report on in their 2010/11 Quality Accounts

19 October 2009: Criteria for selecting and prioritising topics for national clinical audits to be funded by DH NCAPOP

The National Clinical Audit Group has provided advice on the criteria against which proposed new topics for national clinical audits should be judged

19 October 2009: NCAAG issues guidance on “What is Clinical Audit?”

Following discussions with a range of stakeholders, NCAAG has published new guidance on the definition of clinical audit.

15 September 2009: Six new clinical audits announced

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) has announced 6 new national clinical audits. The new audits were chosen following a call for proposaks for new national clinical audits, issued by HQIP and the National Clinical Audit Advisory Group (NCAAG).

28 July 2009

Contact NCAAG

If you would like more information about the National Clinical Audit Advisory Group, you can contact:

National Clinical Audit Advisory Group Secretariat - contact Miss Alex Henderson
Holland House
4 Bury Street
London, EC3A 5AW

T: 020 7469 2518

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