Board round reviews
58
Sample data
Overall compliance
79.2%
Local target 90%
Barrier to progress documented
86.3%
Audit criterion 21
Action owner documented
75.9%
Audit criterion 22
Aim
To assess whether board rounds reliably support daily clinical review, discharge planning, task ownership, escalation of barriers, multidisciplinary coordination and safe patient flow.
Standards
Local board round policy, NHS England model discharge pathway and hospital discharge guidance, NICE NG27 and NICE QS136 — local compliance target 90%.
Sample
Target sample 100 board round reviews across participating wards and units. Pseudonymised data only — no direct patient identifiers.
Tool workflow
Step 1
Project setup
Confirm scope, wards, departments, leads, local policy references and audit cycle.
Step 2
Team
Add supervisors, contributors, therapy, pharmacy, discharge and governance leads.
Step 3
Inclusion / exclusion
Review who is in scope and the 32 audit criteria.
Step 4
Data collection
Structured form for each board round review.
Step 5
Dashboard
Compliance, MDT attendance, barriers, ward comparison and trends.
Step 6
Findings
Interpret results, good practice, gaps and governance implications.
Step 7
Improvement
Action plan, PDSA cycles, sustainability and re-audit planning.
Step 8
Re-audit / follow-up
Compare cycles and track sustained improvement.
Step 9
Export centre
Editable Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF and ARCP outputs.
Add a board round review
Open the structured data collection form.
Plan improvement
Action plan, PDSA cycles and re-audit plan.
Generate outputs
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF and ARCP evidence.
Clinical safety note
This tool supports local audit, quality improvement and operational governance review. It does not replace clinical judgement, ward round decision-making, criteria-to-reside review, discharge policy, safeguarding procedures, Mental Capacity Act requirements, medicines safety processes, escalation pathways, emergency care or specialist advice. Any clinical deterioration, safeguarding concern, capacity concern, unsafe discharge concern, medication safety concern, unresolved urgent action or patient safety risk must be escalated according to local policy. Do not enter patient names, NHS numbers, hospital numbers, full dates of birth, addresses or other direct identifiers.