Audit and Quality Improvement Prize Winners

In April 2015 the Society introduced the award of the Audit Prize. As of February 2019 The Audit Prize was renamed The Audit and Quality Improvement Prize which is an award for the best example of a clinical audit or quality improvement project which enhances our understanding of a particular aspect of cleft care and will help shape future clinical practice.

2024: The use of fixed and removable bite blocks in buccinator flap surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency. Lucy Coull

2023 Using quality improvement methods to improve access to therapy intervention  for children with cleft speech characteristics. Lucy Southby

2019 Audit of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Primary Cleft Surgery: Does Reduced Duration Increase Early Complications? Alexandra Burke-Smith, Rebecca Nicholas, Jenny Williams, Kezia Echlin, Duncan Atherton, Norma Timoney, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Children's Hospital

2018 An audit of alveolar bone graft (ABG) assessments for children born with an isolated cleft +/- alveolus Dr Brian Dunne, Miss Victoria Beale, Dr Ailbhe McMullin, Dr Haydn Bellardie

2016 An Audit Evaluating Periodontal Screening in Paediatric Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Mohamed Jaffer, Gehan Abou-Ameria, Susan Parekh

2015 Potential factors influencing speech outcome in children with BCLP at 5 years. Melanie Bowden, L Britton, G Cairns, L Crampin, S McMahon, J Nayak, S van Eeden, S Calladine

Melanie Bowden receiving Audit Prize 2015