Saving and improving lives with trusted healthcare data
Data has the power to transform and save lives. By measuring healthcare services, our programmes provide evidence for what is working well and where improvement will have maximum impact.
Save the date: #CAAW2027
Clinical Audit Awareness Week will run from 21-25 June 2027, celebrating the role of clinical audit- and data-driven improvement to transform and save lives.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month we take a look at the pivotal role of national clinical audits in supporting improvements in breast cancer care and outcomes.
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Improving patient safety
Find out how robust data from clinical audits plays an essential role in helping to identify risks, prevent harm, and build safer systems of care for patients.
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The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is an independent charity that manages the largest programme of national clinical audits, outcome reviews and registries in the UK, on behalf of NHS England, the Welsh Government and others.
Covering a wide range of common conditions, our work provides publicly available data that is trusted by patients and clinicians alike, and supports evidence-based improvement.
If asked how to design an NHS that is ‘Fit for the Future’, I would say start with national clinical audits” Dame Celia Ingham Clark, HQIP Chair
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Latest reports
Prostate cancer – State of the Nation report 2026
- National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN),
- National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA)
Bowel cancer – State of the Nation Report 2026
- National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBOCA),
- National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN)
Articles
Sharing clinical audit findings so people can act
HQIP’s CEO, Chris Gush, explains how we share clinical audit findings, why it’s vital to…
How clinical audit is helping the NHS improve the entire breast cancer pathway
October 2026 is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – find out more about HQIP’s work on…
My breast cancer story: From heartbreak to hope
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, patient representative, advocate and author of ‘Why Me?…
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Save the date: Clinical Audit Awareness Week returns on 21–25 June 2027
Clinical Audit Awareness Week (#CAAW27) will return from 21–25 June 2027, bringing the healthcare community…
World Stroke Day 2026: Using audit data to support better stroke care
On World Stroke Day, 29 October 2026, we are highlighting how national clinical audit can…
Benchmarking data published
Data relating to hip fractures, rheumatology and emergency laparotomy has been published on HQIP’s benchmarking site, NCAB.
Inpatient Falls audit expands beyond hip fracture, helping to build a fuller picture of care
The latest National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) report published by HQIP includes inpatient fall-related…
Planned procurement: Maternal Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme (MNI Corp) and the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT)
Following the premarket engagement event for the Maternal Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme…