Remit:

  • Promotion of good practice in clinical audit and clinical governance
  • Allocation of funds from the Society’s clinical audit budget and overseeing the progress of audit projects (national and regional) funded by the Society
  • Review and distribution of surveys submitted to the membership
  • Oversee production of two editions of British Orthodontic Society Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin

The British Orthodontic Society has made up to £50,000 available to fund national audit projects. Well-conducted national audits are particularly valuable to our specialty as they encourage us to reflect on our practice and compare it to national/international benchmarks. It is also part of the process of professional lifelong learning and has increasingly become a contractual requirement. The long-term nature of orthodontic care and the fact that many clinicians work in relative isolation challenges us to devise meaningful projects in both primary and secondary care environments. These require cooperation across the membership groups and the country. Many local and regional projects will lend themselves to national or web-based projects from which we can all benefit. All potential audit topics will be considered. Audit topics assessing national outcomes and multidisciplinary care (such as orthognathic treatment) will be given priority.

Please contact Ann.wright@bos.org.uk or audit@bos.org.uk for further information.

Please refer to the guidelines for distributing surveys to the members of the BOS

Lead for Audit and Clinical Effectiveness

Steve Chadwick

Steve Chadwick is a consultant orthodontist at the Countess of Chester NHS foundation trust. He is an elected member of the board of faculty RCS England where he serves as Chair of fellowship and awards committee. Steve is an examiner for the speciality membership in orthodontics for RCS England and RCPS Glasgow and has been recently appointed as Chair of audit and clinical effectiveness for the British Orthodontic Society. Steve has lectured nationally and internationally including teaching in Malaysia and India where he has been visiting Professor. He is married and has three children who all support Manchester United.