Audits
For more information on any of the audits listed below or if you are interested in conducting an audit please contact us.
Neuroimaging in cerebral palsy – a review of current practice in Belfast
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Principal investigators |
Dr Janice Bothwell (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, P.I.), Drs Moira Stewart, Steven McKinstry, Paul Burns & Ben Watson (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, co-investigators) with Dr Elena Guiomar Garcia Jalon (Queen’s University Belfast). |
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Belfast Health & Social Care Trust and Public Health Agency, 2013-17 |
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Outline |
This audit assessed the use of cranial ultrasound scanning (USS) and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for children with cerebral palsy in the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust using recommendations from the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) as the benchmark. |
Regional audit of oral medication management of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland
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Principal investigators |
Drs Cliona Cummings, Mairead McGinn & Gail Davison (Belfast Trust), Drs James Hughes & Denise Crozier (Southern Trust), Drs Jayne Larkin, Liz Watt, Diane Lennox & Ben McNaughten (South Eastern Trust), Drs Alison Livingstone, Kim Troughton, Lisa Rankin & Lisa Millar (Northern Trust) & Drs Jenny Fairfield & Joseph Clarke (Western Trust), with Dr Elena Guiomar Garcia Jalon (Queen’s University Belfast). |
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Funding |
Health & Social Care Trusts and Public Health Agency, 2016. |
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Outline |
This audit investigated adherence to NICE clinical guidelines on oral medication management of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland. |
Audit of the current practice of hip surveillance in children aged 5-18 years with cerebral palsy in Belfast
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Principal investigators |
Dr Joseph Clarke (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, P.I.), Dr Claire Lundy (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, co-investigators) with Dr Elena Guiomar Garcia Jalon (Queen’s University Belfast). |
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Funding |
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust and Public Health Agency, 2014-16. |
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Outline |
This audit identified surveillance practice and orthopaedic management of the hips of children with cerebral palsy who resided in the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust using NICE clinical guidelines as the benchmark. |
Audit of oral medication management of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy in the Western Health & Social Care Trust
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Principal investigators |
Dr Claire Watterson (Western Health & Social Care Trust, P.I.) & Dr Jenny Fairfield (Western Health & Social Care Trust, co-investigator), with Dr Elena Guiomar Garcia Jalon (Queen’s University Belfast). |
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Funding |
Western Health & Social Care Trust and Public Health Agency, 2014. |
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Outline |
This audit investigated medical management of spasticity in a random sample of children with cerebral palsy residing in the Western Health & Social Care Trust using NICE clinical guidelines as the benchmark. |