Audit on the Effectiveness of Oral Cancer Screening in Primary Care

Introduction: Oral cancer is increasingly common. The need for early detection and promoting prevention is greater thanever. The main focus of this audit is to evaluate the completeness and quality of oral cancer screening checks within thepractice. This was achieved by setting a standard using internal and external resources.Method: 90 clinical records were audited spanning three dentists over 3 months. These were chosen at random and werecompared to the standard set to check if was being met.Action plan: A list of recommendations was drawn up for future improvements to ensure targets were being met. The resultsof the audit were discussed with all team members involved in patient note handling. A re-audit was carried out after 3months to assess improvements which showed standards were being met.Conclusion: The standard was not being met.