Following a successful bid for funding from Guidelines & Audit Implementation Network (www.gain-ni.org.uk) a Project Steering Group was established and first met late in 2008. Details of the steering group are in the report (download the report below).

Data collection was carried out by Shauna Mooney and Eimer McGeown. Data analysis and presentation was carried out by Raymond Haffey.  

Click here to download the report.

Supplementary materials from the audit project:

1. Case note review pro-forma (to be added)
2. Patient questionnaire - (breast cancer) and (colorectal cancers)
3. Patient focus group questions 
4. Staff focus group questions  
5. Letter inviting information publisher (charity) to submit patient information materials for audit
6. Audit tool for appraising information resources
7. Example report to information publisher
8. Example response from information publisher (to be added)

Background materials

Other links:

Go to www.cancerni.net/patientinformation for all the following topics and resources. 

NICaN Readers Panel

NICaN Information Pathways

NHS Toolkit for Patient Information

HSC Trust Styleguides