National Parkinson's Audit 2012

Our annual Parkinson's audit helps healthcare organisations measure their services for people with Parkinson's against national guidelines.

Our audit is accredited by the Department of Health Quality Accounts Programme.

We want to make sure Parkinson's services across the UK meet national guidelines and offer excellent care.

The results highlight strengths and weaknesses.

And it helps organisations to improve and develop their services for people with Parkinson's.

Read the results from last year's audit: National Parkinson's Audit 2011 summary (PDF, 739KB)

Read the full reports from previous audits

The National Parkinson's Audit 2012

Data collection for our latest audit took place between 1 August 2012 and 11 January 2013.

The Clinical Audit Team is in the process of collating and analysing the data received from this year's participants. Preliminary reports will be available to all participants in due course.

The National Parkinson's Audit takes place every year, but we recommend that services take part every other year to give time for them to respond to the findings.

If you have any questions about the National Parkinson's Audit, please email our audit team on pdaudit@parkinsons.org.uk

Who can take part?

Any healthcare professionals who work regularly with people with Parkinson's can take part. This includes:

• neurologists
• geriatricians
• Parkinson's nurses
• speech and language therapists
• occupational therapists
• physiotherapists

How will the audit help you?

Every healthcare organisation that takes part receives a full analysis of their own service and how this compares with other anonymised organisations.

This will help you to:

• evaluate your Parkinson's services against national guidelines
• compare your Parkinson's services to others around the UK
• highlight strengths and weaknesses in your current services
• develop an action plan to improve your services for people with Parkinson's

We've improved the audit for 2012

In 2011, we commissioned an independent evaluation of our audit which identified some areas for improvement.

We also listened to feedback from professionals who participated in previous years.

This has helped us make some important changes to this year's audit:

• We're putting together a governance board for the audit - including professionals, patients and carers, decision-makers, audit specialists and Parkinson's UK staff.
• We've made the audit more user-friendly.
• We have a new ethics policy to protect both patients and participants.
• We've included advice for participants on how to test the quality of their own data.
• All participating services will receive a certificate of participation.
• We've added a patient satisfaction questionnaire to help evaluate continuing care for people with Parkinson's.

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