Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023
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PART 6 Clinical Audit | ||
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Interpretation for Part | ||
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57. In this Part— | ||
“aggregated information”, in relation to data, means data obtained from a clinical audit which excludes information that identifies or could reasonably lead to the identification of a person in that clinical audit; | ||
“clinical audit” shall be construed in accordance with section 58 ; | ||
“clinical guideline” shall be construed in accordance with section 58 ; | ||
“clinically-led” means carried out by a health practitioner; | ||
“clinical standard” means a statement which— | ||
(a) specifies a level of healthcare outcome that is required to contribute to patient quality and safety, | ||
(b) sets out the care that patients should, having regard to a specific clinical condition, be offered by, or receive from, a health practitioner or health care provider (or both) for— | ||
(i) such specific clinical condition, or | ||
(ii) the treatment and prevention of different diseases and conditions, | ||
(c) is consistent with current evidence-based best practice, and | ||
(d) is measurable, | ||
and includes any such statement that is agreed for use, from time to time, at a national level or in respect of any region or other specific geographical area. |