National quality improvement programmes

HQIP is responsible for several national healthcare quality improvement programmes, including managing and commissioning the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) on behalf of NHS England, the Welsh Government and in some cases other devolved authorities.

NCAPOP covers two main sub-programmes: the National Clinical Audit Programme and the Clinical Outcome Review Programmes. These two sections contain information about the programmes themselves, plus pages for each individual programme, listed alphabetically. We also have dedicated pages for areas such as Quality Accounts and NCAPOP topic selection: use the drop-down menu, ‘quick links’ below or the search option at foot of page.

Also included here are sections on exploratory work into social care quality improvement and, finally to the National Joint Registry – the largest orthopaedic registry in the world, which is based at HQIP.

Quick links to some main national programme areas:

• About HQIP, our Vision and our work
• Who HQIP works with – commissioners, funders and professional groups
• NCAPOP publication schedule
• A-Z of National Clinical Audit programme pages
• The National Joint Registry
• Quality accounts main page
• Quality accounts support – the National Clinical Audit and Enquiries Directory: contact details and more for all programmes on the Quality Accounts list (both HQIP-commissioned and those outside NCAPOP)
• Tenders and procurement – new programmes, extensions to existing ones
• Accessing clinical audit data
• Involving patients

Click the linked areas above or to the left, or use the database search below to find your content.