7 April 2017

An Audit Clerk on the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford has been celebrated nationally for her performance.

PRH ITU Audit Clerk Caren Hill with her certificate

Caren Hill, who joined the unit 12 months ago, was named as one of the most improved Audit Clerks over the past 12 months at an annual conference organised by the Intensive Care National Audit Research Centre (ICNARC).

Caren collects data for the research centre, which is used to compare the unit to others in the UK.

The data she provides focuses on a range of information from the age of patients and the utilisation of beds to death rates and infections.

Debbie Chidlow, Ward Manager on ITU at PRH, said: “Caren is the only Audit Clerk on the unit at PRH so it was a massive learning curve for her as there was no one else here to teach her the role and this was a completely new role to her as she had previously been a Ward Clerk.

“She has worked really hard and I’m delighted her efforts were recognised with her receiving a certificate for one of the most improved Audit Clerks over the past 12 months.”

Caren, has worked for the Trust for 19 years as a Ward Clerk on Medical Wards including Cardiology –  Ward 6/Coronary Care Unit (CCU), said: “This award means so much to me. It came as a complete surprise but I’m proud to have received national recognition for my work over the past 12 months.”

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Notes to Editors:

About the Intensive Care National Audit Research Centre (ICNARC):
ICNARC helps critically ill patients by providing information/feedback about the quality of care to those who work in critical care. It also makes information about the quality of care available to the public through its Annual Quality Report.

ICNARC was set up to address the following questions:
– What do we know about critical care in the UK?
– How might we monitor the overall impact of critical care in the UK?
– What do we know about the effects of critical care in the UK?
– How might we help evaluate critical care in the UK?

ICNARC provides high quality information:

  • through national clinical audits, where hospitals/critical care units use information from reports to help them improve care;
  • through research, where data is collected to answer specific questions or to test theories.

ICNARC is an independent registered charity (charity number: 1039417). It does not make a profit – all income is spent on delivering a high quality service to the critical care community. Audits are funded by the hospitals it provides audit services to. Research is funded by grants.