A Guide to Developing a Patient Panel for Clinical Audit

This resource is a step-by-step guide on developing a clinical audit patient panel that involves patients, people who use services, carers, and members of the public in order to achieve effective and meaningful patient and public involvement in the clinical audit process. The guide covers approval (including drafting a business plan and conducting a risk assessment), recruitment, training and educating the panel, establishing patient panel responsibilities, involvement, and communication, and includes an action plan template.