Audit Tools

NELA Webtool Button

If you have registered to participate in the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit and wish to enter data, please click the link button to the right or visit:

The data collection web tool is currently OPEN for patient data entry.


Using the NELA Web-Tool Questions

If you are an organisation not registered to participate in the audit and are interested in using the audit tool questions please contact the NELA project team by clicking here

The questions are available for download below. You will be required to abide by the License Agreement at the beginning of both the NELA Patient and Organisational Audit Questions below and to log your interest with the NELA project team.

  • "You hereby agree that by downloading this Tool or Tools that you are entering into a licence agreement under the following Terms and Conditions.

  • All information, software, products and related graphics contained in the Audit Tool are provided "as is" without warranty, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement of third party intellectual property rights.

  • In no event shall HQIP be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages for loss of profits, revenue, data or use incurred by you or any third party, whether in action in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising from your access to, or use of, the Audit Tool. HQIP make no representations about the suitability, reliability, or timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products and related graphics contained in the Audit Tool. HQIP reserves the right to make improvements, changes or updates to the Audit Tool at any time without notice".

License Agreement

Please read the License Agreement:
 NELA Patient Audit Questions - Licence Agreement - 2019.pdf (393 KB)


Patient Audit Questions


Organisational Audit Questions

These were the questions used in the last NELA Organisational Audit:
 NELA Organisational Audit Questions - Paper Proforma 2016.pdf (552 KB)