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UPDATED Patient Audit Proforma
Please find a paper version of the Online Data Collection Web Tool below for your information. All data entry will be carried out through the online data collection web tool; this proforma exists to assist.
Minor changes to the data collection form have been made for Year 9 (taking effect 1 December 2021). This includes additional date/time stamps, additional questions related to sepsis/intra-abdominal infection, and questions related to gynae-oncology.
The option for NELA Local Administrators to Enable/Disable some Quality Improvement questions on the webtool is still available. By default, the Quality Improvement (QI) questions on the NELA Webtool are enabled. Please contact us if you have any queries.
YEAR-9-NELA-Patient-Audit-Questions-Proforma-Active-from-01-12-2021_V4.docx (87 KB)
YEAR-9-NELA-Patient-Audit-Questions-Proforma-Active-from-01-12-2021_V4.pdf (927 KB)
YEAR-8-NELA-Patient-Audit-Questions-Proforma-Active-from-01-12-20 v2.docx (80 KB)
YEAR-8-NELA-Patient-Audit-Questions-Proforma-Active-from-01-12-20 v2.pdf (867 KB)
Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria
Please note that beginning in Year 9 (1 December 2021), GI complications necessitating a return to theatre, and that require the assistance of a general surgeon, following gynaecological oncology surgery are now included.
NELA Inclusion-Exclusion Criteria - Updated 12 Nov 2021.pdf (513 KB)
NELA Inclusion-Exclusion Criteria - Updated Format 12 Nov 2021.pdf (549 KB)
Outlier Policy
(UPDATED December 2021)The document below provides updated information on the reporting process for potential outliers identified through NELA data.
NCAPOP Cause for Concern Guidance now published
The finalised guidance is now live
Patient Audit Top Tips
Advice submitted by the audit's top performing sites on how to make the patient data collection and completion process a success.
NELA Hospital Tips - Nov 2018.pdf (459 KB)
NELA - Dataflow Diagram
The Document below sets out the flow of NELA data:
Patient Audit and Organisational Audit Action Plan
These forms provide an action plan to assist hospital sites in ensuring they are meeting the recommendations laid out in the NELA Patient Report and Organisational Report and if not what actions need to be taken to achieve these aims.
Organisational Audit Action Plan Final - October 2014.doc (75 KB)
Patient Audit Action Plan Final - December 2015 (175 KB)