An Audit of Consent for Minor Surgery in a General Practice in Northern Ireland

Audit Aims: To achieve and maintain a high standard of care for patients by investigating whether informed consent was obtained for minor surgical procedures and to try to continue or to improve standards of care for patients. The audit identifies from patients medical records, within Health Centre X, who had injection, incision or excision performed and whether consent was recorded. Audit Design: An audit of all patients who have had minor surgery (incision, injection and excision) between the dates, April 2005 until April 2006. The study consisted of a computer search of three general practitioners (Drs A, B and C) within Health Centre X to identify minor surgery procedures (excision, incision and injection) which were carried out and if informed consent was recorded on the computer. All procedures carried out were included in the audit which resulted in a sample size of 122 procedures. Re-audit aims: To evaluate the changes from the previous audit. Re-audit design: The re-audit consisted of the same design, except between the dates