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Tool / guidance28 October 2025

Checklist walkthrough

Learn more about the key stages of creating and implementing checklists.
Quality improvementCommunication and teamwork

Checklist walkthroughs

Download our walkthrough infographics for creating and implementing checklists.

PDF documents (.pdf)

These two documents will take you through the key stages involved in creating and implementing checklists for your practice.

Creating a checklist

Find out more about the four steps for creating checklists:

  1. Highlight an area for improvement
  2. Hold a meeting to engage the team
  3. Think about safety critical steps
  4. Create the checklist

Implementing a checklist

Once you have created your checklist, find out more about the steps involved with implementing it in practice:

  1. Circulate the checklist and provide training
  2. Appoint a checklist champion
  3. Trial the checklist
  4. Make changes
  5. Audit checklist use

These documents were published in January 2023.

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