09 December 2019
BDH interim clinical director receives national audit award
Scott Deacon, interim clinical director at Bristol Dental
Hospital, recently received the Healthcare Quality Improvement
Partnership's (HQIP) clinical practitioner of the year award for
his work as clinical project lead for the Cleft Registry and Audit
Network (CRANE).
Scott Deacon, interim clinical director at Bristol Dental
Hospital
The awards formed part of Clinical Audit Awareness Week, which
aim to promote and celebrate the benefits and impact of clinical
audit and quality improvement work in healthcare. Scott's award
specifically praised his success in championing participation and
engagement on the expansion of the CRANE database and linking it
with other national data sets to explore the wider impact of having
a cleft. He has also contributed in the development of national
guidelines in this area.
CRANE was set up in 2000 with the aim to collect information
about those born with a lift lip and/or palate, including their
treatment and the outcomes. In doing so, they are working with
partner organisations and national colleagues to understand the
prevalence of cleft lips and palates in children, and to
continually develop the way this condition is treated and managed
across the country. Since its creation, CRANE has registered over
20,000 children born with cleft lip and/or palate, linked to
educational outcomes to show the impact of a cleft on school
achievement, and impacted national guidelines on examining palates
in new born babies. You can find out more about CRANE on their
website: https://bit.ly/36aCeYr
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