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Welcome to BTS Audit Tools

The programme of BTS National Audits for 2011/12 and 2012/13 appears below.   BTS National Audits are included on the list of NCAAG approved audits for:
2009/10 Quality Accounts 
2010/11 Quality Accounts
2012/13 Quality Accounts

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.  

You need to register before you can use the BTS Audit Tools. Once registered you will have access to all the audits you request and will not need to re-register for subsequent audits.

Register or Login to the BTS Audit Tool system here


 
Name of Audit  Audit Period  Opening/Closing Date for data entry
BTS Audit Timetable April 2011 – March 2012
 Pleural Procedures  1/06/11 – 31/07/11  1/06/11 – 30/09/11 – Closed
 Emergency Oxygen  15/08/11 – 1/11/11  15/08/11 – 15/11/11 – Closed
 Adult Asthma  1/09/11 – 31/10/11  1/09/11 – 31/12/11 –  Closed
 Bronchiectasis  1/10/11 – 30/11/11  1/10/11 – 6/02/12 – Closed
 Paediatric Asthma  1/11/11 – 30/11/11  1/11/11 – 6/02/12 – Closed
 Paediatric Pneumonia  1/11/11 – 31/01/12  1/11/11 – 31/03/12 – Now Open
 Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia  1/12/11 – 31/01/12  1/12/11 – 31/05/12 – Now Open
 Adult NIV  1/02/12 – 31/03/12  1/2/12 – 31/05/12 - Now Open

 

Name of Audit  Audit Period  Opening/Closing Date for data entry
BTS Audit Timetable April 2012 – March 2013
 Emergency Oxygen  15/8/12– 1/11/12  15/8/12 – 15/11/12
 Adult Asthma  1/9/12 – 31/10/12  1/9/12 – 31/12/12 
 Bronchiectasis  1/10/12 – 30/11/12  1/10/12 – 31/1/13 
 Paediatric Asthma  1/11/12 – 30/11/12  1/11/12 – 31/1/13 
 Paediatric Pneumonia  1/11/12 – 31/01/13  1/11/12 – 31/3/13 
 Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia  1/12/12 – 31/01/13  1/12/12 – 31/5/13 
 Adult NIV  1/2/13 – 31/03/13  1/2/13 – 31/05/13

European COPD Audit 2010/11
The European COPD audit took place in 2010/11.
Individual hospital reports will be sent to participating units in early March 2012.
15 February 2012

COPD Audit for 2011/12
BTS is developing a short COPD audit tool (focusing primarily on discharge planning) which will be offered in Spring 2012. More information will be made available on the BTS audit system in due course.


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.

Audit Download
Summaries  / Overviews of Audits/ Audit Tool Newsletters
 1. Emergency Oxygen  Summary report of 2009 audit
 Summary report of 2010 audit  (Thorax online)
 BTS Oxygen Audits 2008 - 2011 (Presented at Winter Meeting 2011 by Dr Ronan O'Driscoll
 2. Pleural Procedures  Summary report of 2009 pilot project 
 Summary report of 2010 audit  (Thorax online)
 3. Adult Asthma  Summary of 2009 audit
 Summary of 2010 audit
 4. Paediatric Asthma  Summary of 2009 audit
 Summary of 2010 audit
 5. Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia  Summary of 2009-10 audit
 Summary report of  2009-10 audit (Thorax online)
 Summary of 2010-11 audit
 6. Paediatric Pneumonia  Summary of 2009-10 audit
 Summary of 2010-11 audit
 7. NIV  Summary of 2010 audit
 Summary of 2011 audit
 8. European COPD Audit 2010  Short Report
 9. Bronchiectasis  Summary of 2010 audit
 Audit Tool Newsletter Issue 1 June 2010  Download Issue 1
 Audit Tool Newsletter Issue 2 November 2010  Download Issue 2
 Audit Tool Newsletter Issue 3 June 2011  Download Issue 3
 Audit Tool Newsletter Issue 4 November 2011  Download Issue 4
 Recognising the importance of National Respiratory audits  Thorax Editorial June 2011

 

If you have any further queries, please write to audittools@brit-thoracic.org.uk

Updated 15 February 2012