Governance

Governance for the National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit (NACSA) is the management framework within which project decisions are made.

Professional society governance is provided by the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS), whose role it is to identify and explain divergence in surgical practice. More information about this process can be found in their publication:

Maintaining Patients' Trust (pdf)

Working within NICOR’s overarching governance framework, the NACSA project board consists of relevant stakeholders whose role it is to develop the strategic direction of the audit and ensure regular, accurate and effective reporting on the data. It meets on a quarterly basis and database manager representatives are changed on a rotational basis to ensure equity.

• National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit Project Board Terms of Reference

Meeting Minutes

	NACSA project board minutes 8 January 2013 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 19 July 2013 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 18 October 2013 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 17 January 2014 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 09 May 2014 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 07 November 2014 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 13 February 2015 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 15 May 2015 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 20 August 2015 (pdf)
	NACSA project board minutes 13 November 2015 (pdf)