Welcome to BTS Audit Tools
The programme of BTS National Audits for 2013/14 appears below. BTS National Audits are included on the list of NAGCAE approved audits for:
2009/10 Quality Accounts
2010/11 Quality Accounts
2012/13 Quality Accounts
The 2011/12 BTS National Respiratory Audit annual report is available to download here.
The audit tools are available outside the National Audit Periods for local use (and will allow users to compare their local data with the national picture, but this local data will not contribute to the national dataset). Summary reports for each National Audit are available via the links below. Individual reports are accessed via the audit website and are only available to those institutions that have successfully submitted data.
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| Name of Audit |
Audit Period |
Opening/Closing Date for data entry |
BTS Audit Timetable September 2012 – January 2014
Adult Asthma
|
1/9/12 – 31/10/12
|
1/9/12 – 09/01/13 – Now Closed
|
| Adult Bronchiectasis |
1/10/12 – 30/11/12 |
1/10/12 – 04/2/13 – Now Closed
|
| Paediatric Asthma |
1/11/12 – 30/11/12 |
1/11/12 – 04/2/13 – Now Closed
|
| Paediatric Pneumonia |
1/11/12 – 31/01/13 |
1/11/12 – 31/3/13 – Closed
|
| Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia |
1/12/12 – 31/01/13 |
1/12/12 – 31/5/13 – Open |
| Adult NIV |
1/2/13 – 31/03/13 |
1/2/13 – 31/05/13 – Open |
| Emergency Oxygen |
15/8/13 – 1/11/13
|
15/8/13 – 11/11/13 |
| Paediatric Bronchiectasis |
1/10/13 – 30/11/13 |
1/10/13 – 31/1/14 |
| Paediatric Asthma |
1/11/13 – 30/11/13 |
1/11/13 – 31/1/14 |
| National COPD Audit |
Expected audit period to be from January 2014 onwards
|
Dates to be confirmed
|
BTS Winter Meeting 2012
Results from a number of national BTS Audits were featured in a well-attended symposium at the BTS Winter Meeting on 7 December 2012 in London. Copies of the presentations from that meeting are provided below:
BTS Emergency Oxygen Audit 2012 (R O’Driscoll)
BTS Community Acquired Pneumonia Audit 2011/12 (WS Lim)
BTS Bronchiectasis Audit 2011 (A Hill)
National Review of Asthma Deaths (M Levy)
BTS Audit and Quality Improvement (J Calvert)
In addition to the above presentations a new national Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) audit programme for England and Wales was announced: New National COPD Audit (R Jones). A press release is also available on the RCP website here
In addition to reports for individual hospitals, each of the completed audits has a general 'overview' or summary, available below. These reports were first published in our audit tool newsletters – also available below.
If you have any further queries, please write to audittools@brit-thoracic.org.uk
Updated 22 January 2013