Robin Burgess is chief executive of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), the organization responsible for supporting clinical audit in Great Britain.

• 1. Introduction: Foundations, tradition and new directions – the future of clinical audit in a new decade 2. Stage 1: Preparation, planning and organisation of clinical audit 3. Stage 2: Measuring performance 4. Stage 3: Implementing change 5. Stage 4: Sustaining improvement

Robin Burgess is chief executive of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), the organization responsible for supporting clinical audit in Great Britain.

• 1. Introduction: Foundations, tradition and new directions – the future of clinical audit in a new decade 2. Stage 1: Preparation, planning and organisation of clinical audit 3. Stage 2: Measuring performance 4. Stage 3: Implementing change 5. Stage 4: Sustaining improvement

Robin Burgess is chief executive of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), the organization responsible for supporting clinical audit in Great Britain.

• 1. Introduction: Foundations, tradition and new directions – the future of clinical audit in a new decade 2. Stage 1: Preparation, planning and organisation of clinical audit 3. Stage 2: Measuring performance 4. Stage 3: Implementing change 5. Stage 4: Sustaining improvement