Audit Toolkit (Excel) above.
We hope you find this useful and if you have any feedback please do contact us at info@ncepod.org.uk. Please can you advise your local audit department if you plan to undertake this audit, it is important that they are made aware of it for the benefit of demonstrating Trust/Board activity and also so that they are in a position to support you and endorse the activity for your benefit.

Information for primary care clinicians
Summary checklist and QI ideas for primary care

Resources for the public on Dysphagia and Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s UK: https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/eating-swallowing-and-saliva-control
In Wales: https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/about-us/parkinsons-uk-cymru
Parkinson’s Care and Support UK: https://parkinsonscare.org.uk/
NHS England: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/parkinsons-disease/
SCOPE: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/swallowing-difficulties-dysphagia/
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists: https://www.rcslt.org/speech-and-language-therapy/clinical-information/dysphagia/
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Parkinson’s Disease. Quality Standard (QS164):
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs164/resources/parkinsons-disease-pdf-75545600441029
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Parkinson’s disease in adults. NICE Guideline (NG71):
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng71/resources/parkinsons-disease-in-adults-pdf-1837629189061
Parkinson’s UK. Consensus statement for the optimisation of Parkinson’s medicines in hospital:
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/sites/default/files/2017-12/cs2877_consensus_statement_0.pdf
International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative: https://iddsi.org/

For more information on quality improvement:
Health Foundation: https://www.health.org.uk/collection/improvement-projects-tools-and-resources
King’s Fund: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/topics/quality-improvement
NHS Improvement: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/cause-and-effect-fishbone-diagram/
East London NHS Foundation Trust:https://qi.elft.nhs.uk/about-us/what-is-qi/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/default.aspx

Participation
Please click here to view which sites took part in the study.

Study Questionnaires
Below are a list of questionnaires used in the study available for download. Click each to download as a pdf file.
Clinician Questionnaire
Organisational Questionnaire
Assessment Form