Audit Tools

Champions are often asking us how they can evaluate their services and ensure they are delivering a good quality service that respects a persons dignity.

There are many organisations that have already developed audit tools to measure dignity. We have added examples below for you to gain inspiration from. These audit tools have all been provided to us to share with champions so please review, use and adapt what you see here to develop a tool that will fit your organisation.

Remember you may need to look at numerus examples below to gauge what others are doing and learn from them.

The dignity in care campaign does not officially endorse any of the tools below but they do give a very good examples and starting point for you to develop your own tools from.

• Audit Tool for working with vulnerable adults
  This audit tool is for staff working in health or social care with any vulnerable adult. It includes a personal aduit and a managerial audit.
• Audit Tool for working with Older People
  This audit tool is for staff working in health or social care with older people. It includes a personal aduit and a managerial audit.
• Organisations Dignity Challenge Audit Tool
  Ideas and Actions to help support older people in care settings. The organization should support older people with policies and practices that respect the beliefs and values that are important to the...
• Older People Mental Health Dignity proficiencies
  St James Hospital Portsmouth have developed a dignity and compassion in care standard proficiencies for nurses which aims to ensure elements of dignity and compassion are understood.
• Dignity Test Audit Tool
  This is a self assessment tool that challenges care providers to rate themselves against the range of Dignity Tests. Organisations are asked to assess their service on a scale of 1-10, provide evidence...
• North Somerset self assesment care home audit tool
  North Somerset NHS have designed this self assessment tool to assess dignity in care homes and to become an action plan to improve services.
• Brighton & Hove Home Audit
  This questionnaire designed by Brighton & Hove council aims to capture residents opinions on how they feel they are treated during their stay.
• Brighton & Hove staff survey
  Staff attitudes and opinions are incredibly important in determining the quality of service that residents in homes receives. This survey designed by Brighton & Hove aims to understand areas for development...
• Dignity in care homes benchmark tool
  This benchmark tool developed by Brighton & Hove highlights what it means to them to adhere to the 10 Digntiy challenge points. This benchmark tool allows homes to asses how they are performing in...
• Cheshire Dignity Assessment Tool
  In Cheshire their Dignity assessment tool looked in detail at what older people, their families & carers really wanted to see. They have split their assessment tool into 4 sections: Information help...
• Sources of evidence to support the Dignity Challenges
  Age Concern Cheshire have developed this paper which outlines what they believe each dignity challenge is and what 'dignity tests' can be undertaken to determine whether or not the challenge is being...
• Challenge Audit
  This evaluation sent in to us breaks down each of the 10 challenges to highlight performance indicators, evidence and action which support each of the challenges.
• Dignity on wards
  This audit tool developed by Dorset & Somerset SHA divides dignity into 5 key themes and uses observation & score cards to determine the level of dignity.
• Achieving Dignity in Care Homes in Manchester
  This guidance received from Manchester council provides a residents questionnaire and visitors questionnaire. It depicts standards which help homes achieve 'Daisy status' a status for care homes in Manchester...
• Care observation techniques
  This observation & communication model looks at social history, socilaization preferences, activities & appearances. It will help staff have an understanding of the vulnerable adult in care.
• Matrons Dignity in care Audit Tool
  This audit tool allows a matron or ward manager to take a snap shot of their working environment to see how they are delivering dignity.
• Windsor & Maindenhead Audit Framework
  This audit tool aims to find a quantitative measure of the levels of dignity provided for each of the 10 points of the dignity challenge
• Help the Aged dignity measures
  Help the aged have developed this guidance based on what older people have said. They have developed these indicators of what they think should be measured to assess whether health and social care services...