Our junior doctors' involvement in clinical audit was on show last week at our first annual Celebrating Audit event. 

The event - led by Dr Andrew Hardy - showcased examples of high quality audits which  junior doctors have been involved with over the past year, and three were shortlisted for their work . They were:

• Anticoagulation in AF- Dr Emma Van Bentum, Specialist Registrar in Geriatrics
• Deep Sedation Gastrointestinal Endoscopy – Dr Chia Yua, Gastroenterology Registrar presenting. Dr Rosanna Hiles FY1 & Dr Sunil Sonwalkar Consultant Gastroenterologist also involved
• Troponin Audit- Dr Hazel A Preston,ST3 presenting. Elisabette ACS Specialist Nurse was also involved

Dr Hardy said:  "We were pleased that the first Celebrating Audit day was a success and was supported by Owen Williams and Brendan Brown, who came to present the prizes. The judges were impressed by the quality of the three audit presentations and it was a hard choice choosing the winner."

Hazel Preston won and he also sent congrats to the other shortlisted presenters Chia Yau and Emma Van Bentum.

He added: " We hope that this has inspired other doctors in the organsiation to get involved in audit and are looking forward to seeing next year's entries. Thanks to Tracey and Jacky in clinical audit for their support in organising the day."

**If you want to know more about audit at CHFT look at our pages on the intranet or contact Tracey Owen.

Dr Hardy said "Clinical audit is a really important element of our work. It's all about looking to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic reviews of care against explicit criteria.

The plans are to make this an annual event, so something to bear this in mind if you are currently planning an audit. The audit team can support you with all aspects of audit work, from planning an audit, through to running data collection and tips on how to present your findings more clearly.

If you would like to find out more about the work of the clinical audit team please contact Tracy Owen (MED), Suzy Daly (S&A), Samantha Saville (FSS) or Dr Andrew Hardy.