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Status:

Information/action.

Category:

Health professional letter.

Title:

NHS Wales national clinical audit and outcome review plan annual rolling programme for 2025 to 2026.

Date of expiry / review:

April 2026.

Action by:

• Health boards and NHS trusts.
• National clinical leads.

Required by:

Non-applicable.

For information:

• Chief executives.
• Medical directors.
• Directors of primary care.

Sender:

Professor Pushpinder Mangat,
Deputy Chief Medical Officer,
Health Services.

Îʶ¦ÓéÀÖcontacts:

Quality and Nursing Division,
Îʶ¦ÓéÀÖ Government.
wgclinicalaudit@gov.wales

Enclosures:

NHS Wales National Clinical Audit and Outcome Review Plan: Annual Rolling Programme from 2025 to 2026.

Dear Colleagues,

Health boards and trusts in Wales are required to fully participate in all audits and outcome reviews listed in the annual national clinical audit and outcome review annual plan. This circular provides a copy of the national clinical audit and outcome review plan for 2025 to 2026, which shall also be available via the Îʶ¦ÓéÀÖwebsite.

National clinical audits are a major source of information aimed at measuring and benchmarking the improvement of healthcare services in Wales. The audit datasets are used to assess the quality and effectiveness of the healthcare provided by health boards and trusts and can make a big difference to the way we provide services when coupled with suitable improvement actions. It is essential that all parts of NHS Wales participate fully in the national programme.

The plan details the role each of us has for taking this work forward and includes the list of national clinical audits and outcome reviews which all healthcare organisations must fully participate when they provide the service.

If you have any queries regarding the annual plan please contact: wgclinicalaudit@gov.wales.

Yours sincerely

Professor Pushpinder Mangat
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Health Services