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How the clinicians in Bristol reviewed paediatric cardiac surgery

13 Although information arising from reviews of PCS emerged only rarely in the formal structures for audit within the Trust or in the Trust's dealings with the District Health Authority (DHA), a good deal of activity did, in fact, take place. Moreover, it predated the introduction of the formal system of medical audit in 1990. The clinicians involved in providing the PCS service collected, recorded and analysed data on procedures and deaths, set up and maintained computerised information systems, produced and circulated figures and reports, made annual returns to the UKCSR, held meetings to discuss the results of audit, and reviewed individual cases and series of cases.