Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement Project

Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement projects can continuously improve the quality and safety of services, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes.  

• Clinical audits involve systematically reviewing healthcare practices against agreed standards to identify areas for improvement and implement changes.  

• Quality Improvement projects in Wales use the Model for Improvement which asks three key questions. 

• What are we trying to accomplish?  

• If we make changes, how will we know that a change is an improvement? 

• What change can we make that will result in improvement? 

• These questions are used in conjunction with small scale testing in “Plan-Do-Study-Act” cycles (PDSA). 

Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement projects attract funding and CPD for all GDC registered members of the dental team. 

Examples of Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement Projects 

Greener Primary Care Wales 

Courtland Dental Centre QI Project 

Fountain Dental Centre QI Project 

Whitcombe Dental Centre QI Project 

Bryant Dental Practice QI Project

Cefn Coed Dental Practice QI Project