Key Points

• ADA is a user-friendly, simple to complete, web-based audit tool
• ADA is outcome-based, focusing on actual patient activity
• ADA can be used for one-off benchmarking or to compare before and after an intervention such as a training programme, local enhanced service or reward scheme
• ADA enables practices or care homes to review their own end of life care and make changes to help future patients or residents
• ADA allows PCTs to identify gaps in service provision and show improvements once these have been addressed
• Team reflection is encouraged through a qualitative Significant Event Analysis section
• Online feedback is available through simple bar charts. Progress is benchmarked against a unique store of national data

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