News, events & blogs
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Hip fracture care improving, but 40% patients still not receiving best practice care
Published: 15 Sep 2017
Ninth annual report from the National Hip Fracture Database publishes
New figures demonstrate encouraging outcomes and process in the quality of interventional treatment of heart attacks in the UK
Published: 13 Sep 2017
The latest report from the National Audit of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) shows an increase from 26.9% to 80.5% in the use of a safer method of PCI (also called angioplasty, usually with stent insertion) between 2007 and 2015.
Quality Accounts 2018/19: Audit providers asked to complete scoping survey to ensure eligibility
Published: 08 Sep 2017
Providers of national audits, clinical outcome review programmes and quality improvement projects who would like to be included in the 2018/19 Quality Accounts list are being advised to complete an NHS scoping survey by Friday 22 September.
Call for presentation proposals: Quality Improvement Theatre at Patient First 2017
Published: 30 Aug 2017
HQIP is inviting healthcare professionals with practical Quality Improvement experience to submit presentation proposals for this year’s QI Theatre, co-hosted by HQIP as part of the Patient First conference taking place between the 21 and 22 November 2017.
HQIP extends emergency laparotomy audit contract with RCoA
Published: 09 Aug 2017
HQIP is delighted to announce that the emergency laparotomy audit contract led by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) has been extended for a further three years.
HQIP commissions British Society for Rheumatology to deliver three-year arthritis audit
Published: 09 Aug 2017
HQIP is delighted to to announce that the contract for the National Rheumatoid and Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit has been awarded to the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR).
First National Maternal and Perinatal Audit publishes, covering care in England, Scotland and Wales
Published: 07 Aug 2017
Increase in co-located midwife-led units and birthplace choice, but variation in staffing, facilities and services.
NHS well equipped to deliver breast cancer care, but requires improvement for over 70s, new audit finds
Published: 14 Jul 2017
The National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients, which is being published for the first time today by the Royal College of Surgeons and the Association of Breast Surgery, found that nationally, around 90% of women aged 50-69 years diagnosed with breast cancer had surgery.
National Paediatric Diabetes Audit: Admission rates remain the same despite overall improvements in care
Published: 13 Jul 2017
Admission rates for children and young people with diabetes have remained stable despite overall improvements in care, as shown in a clinical audit report published today.
Annual diabetes checks reduce mortality risk for people with diabetes
Published: 12 Jul 2017
In five-year age groups, ranging from 35-39 to 70-74, the mortality rate was half the rate for people with diabetes who had had the annual NICE-recommended checks consistently in the previous seven years compared to those that had not.
Admission rates for children and young people with diabetes have remained stable despite overall improvements in care, as shown in a clinical audit report published today
Published: 12 Jul 2017
Admission rates for children and young people with diabetes have remained stable despite overall improvements in care, as shown in a clinical audit report published today.
National clinical audits move to coordinated monthly publication
Published: 12 Jul 2017
Starting July 2017 the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) will move to one coordinated publication day per month, the second Thursday of each month.
National Dementia Audit: Important improvements in dementia care, but more support needed report finds
Published: 11 Jul 2017
Hospitals have made important changes to improve dementia care, but staff say more support is needed
More patients than ever surviving heart failure following key improvements, audit finds
Published: 11 Jul 2017
Treatment for heart failure patients in England and Wales continues to improve according to the latest National Heart Failure Audit, with more people receiving key tests and vital prescriptions and seeing specialist staff.
New report shows a majority of cataract surgery centres are delivering high quality care for patients in England and Wales
Published: 11 Jul 2017
The first prospective National Ophthalmology Database (NOD) Audit report on cataract surgery in England and Wales shows that cataract surgery centres are delivering high quality care to their patients.
Suicide in children and young people linked to bereavement, new report finds
Published: 06 Jul 2017
Children and young people who die by suicide have often experienced the death of a family member or friend, in some cases also by suicide, according to a new report by NCISH.
Further evidence of effective treatment for Heart Attack
Published: 27 Jun 2017
The latest Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) report, published today, contains information about the care provided to 85,000 people with heart attack by 13 ambulance services and 212 hospitals in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Study shows fall in stillbirth rate across the UK – a step towards the Government target
Published: 22 Jun 2017
Research published today shows that the stillbirth rate in the UK has reduced by almost 8% over the period 2013 to 2015. A current Government ambition is to halve the rates of stillbirth and neonatal death in England by 2030. These findings indicate that things are moving in the right direction.
Health Foundation announces research funding for advancing development of national clinical audits and registries
Published: 16 May 2017
HQIP would like to draw your attention to an exciting open research funding call announced by the Health Foundation on 10 May 2017, for its Insight 2017 programme…
International Nurses Day 2017
Published: 12 May 2017
12 May 2017 is International Nurses Day. A day to celebrate and create a conversation about nursing care. To coincide the Royal College of Nursing has launched its #NurseHeroes campaign and here at HQIP we thought this is a perfect opportunity to pay tribute to three special nurses who we celebrated as part of our Clinical Audit Awareness Week campaign last November.