Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality

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Information and Services Division
Scotland has some of the best health service data in the world. Few other countries have information which combines high quality data, consistency, national coverage and the ability to link data to allow patient based analysis and follow up.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow enjoys a unique and privileged position among its sister colleges in the UK in that both physicians and surgeons (including dentists) make up its Membership and Fellowship.

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Since its foundation in 1505, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has continuously promoted, through education, training and examination, the raising of standards in surgical practice.

The Royal College of Anaesthetists
The Royal College of Anaesthetists is the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom. Its activities are varied but include the setting of standards for practice in anaesthesia, establishing the standards for the training of postgraduate practitioners in the specialty, setting and running examinations, and the continued medical education of all practising anaesthetists.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is a health body formed on the 1 April 2011. It has been created by the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and marks a change in the way the quality of healthcare across Scotland will be supported nationally.`

Royal College of General Practitioners
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the academic organisation in the UK for general practitioners. Its aim is to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general medical practice

Royal College of Nursing Scotland
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is the world's largest professional union of nurses. It has more than 310,000 members - most of whom work in the NHS although around a quarter are employed in the independent sector

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists principal objects stated in the Charter are 'the encouragement of the study and the advancement of the science and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology'

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
In August 1996, Her Majesty the Queen granted a charter to establish the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. It supports all British paediatricians, both fully accredited specialists and those in training.

Royal College of Pathologists
The Royal College of Pathologists' mission is to promote excellence in the practice of pathology and to be responsible for maintaining standards through training, examinations and professional development.

Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

Royal College of Radiologists
The Royal College of Radiologists benefits patients, by encouraging the highest standards in the medical specialties of Clinical Radiology (diagnostic imaging) and Clinical Oncology (cancer treatment).

Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care and patient care.


Other Audits

NCEPOD
The National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths (NCEPOD) is a registered charity whose aim is to review clinical practice and identify potentially remediable factors in the practice of anaesthesia, surgery and other invasive medical procedures.

The Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group
The Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG) was set up 5 years ago to assess the efficacy of intensive care in Scotland

The Scottish Renal Registry
The SRR is a national registry of patients with renal failure and other renal disorders.


Clinical Governance and Effectiveness Sites

The Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit
The Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit (CGRDU) was launched in April 1999. It is the successor to the Eli Lilly National Clinical Audit Centre, an organisation that had provided support to primary care audit groups (also called medical audit advisory groups) since 1992. It is core funded by Leicestershire Health Authority with some pump priming funds from Eli Lilly and Co. Ltd.

National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE)
NICE - The National Institute for Clinical Excellence - is part of the National Health Service (NHS), and its role is to provide patients, health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current "best practice".

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops and publishes evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for use by the health service in Scotland.

SPICE
SPICEpc has been developed by health care professionals to assist General Practices in the provision of effective care and to encourage quality improvement in the primary care setting. 

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