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- Title
Clinical audit and peer review scheme for the South West post-new 2006 dental contract: a report on progress so far.
- Authors
Howard-Williams, P.
- Abstract
With the introduction of personal dental services (PDS) into the South West the Local Assessment Panel (LAP) devised a new scheme consisting of 'cookbook' audits and piloted the scheme amongst the PDS dentists of South and West Devon, Somerset and Avon in 2005/2006. When the new contracting arrangements came into force, and in the absence of guidance from above, the LAP in consultation with the PCTs decided to consolidate the successful pilot audit scheme for PDS dentists and extend the new scheme to all the participating PCTs and their performers. The current scheme covers Devon, Somerset, Avon and Gloucester PCTs and is administrated by Mrs Jackie Derrick on behalf of Somerset PCT. All the audits showed improvement with the exception of the patient satisfaction survey where the first audit cycle showed an average patient satisfaction rating of 99% which cannot be improved on. We have redesigned this audit to try and make it more challenging and informative. The improvement in clinical record keeping was particularly marked. With the advent of new contractual arrangements in April 2009 it is essential that practitioners are able to demonstrate quality assurance in their practice and we believe that the South West scheme is a dentist friendly scheme, relevant to everyday dental practice.
- Subjects
PRACTICE of dentistry; PROFESSIONAL peer review; PATIENT satisfaction; DENTISTS; EMPLOYEE reviews; QUALITY of service; EVALUATION of dental services
- Publication
British Dental Journal, 2009, Vol 206, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0007-0610
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.1124