The aims of the IBD audit at its inception
| Aim 1 | Assess current structure and organisation of care for IBD |
| Aim 2 | Assess processes and outcomes of care delivery (inpatient and outpatient) in IBD |
| Aim 3 | Enable trusts to compare their performance against national standards |
| Aim 4 | Identify resource and organisational factors that may account for observed variations in care |
| Aim 5 | Facilitate, develop and institute an intervention strategy to improve quality of care |
| Aim 6 | Repeat the audit to prove that change has occurred |
| Aim 7 | Establish measures for healthcare services to use to compare quality of IBD services |
| Aim 8 | Develop a sustainability programme to maintain quality of care |
IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.