•Audits should be full cycle - ie initial audit, change implemented, re-audit to demonstrate improvement.
•There should be at least one complete audit in each five-year revalidation cycle.
•Audits may be undertaken by several GPs working as a team. However, you must have been involved in all key parts of the audit, and explicitly state how you were involved.
•Key points to audit for GPs are:
•Relevance of the topic chosen.
•Appropriateness of the standards of patient care set.
•Reflection on current care and the appropriateness of changes planned.
•Implementation of change for the GP's patients.
•Demonstration of change by the GP.