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CAAW 2018 Hall of Fame

Published: 30 Nov 2018

Here are our clinical audit heroes this year! We received a record number of nominees for our CAAW Audit Hero 2018 campaign this year and of course everyone is an audit hero in our eyes and the winner of the week is clinical audit. Here is our Hall of Fame list showcasing all of the other fantastic nominees.

Clinical Audit Heroes

Clinical Audit Heroes – 2018

Published: 19 Nov 2018

Who’s your #AuditHero? During Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2018 we are running our third 'Clinical Audit Heroes' campaign to honour individuals who've made outstanding contributions to clinical audit and quality improvement. As always, we've received nominations from a range of backgrounds - clinicians, patient volunteers, members of audit teams among others have all been acknowledged by their peers as contributing to clinical audit in a positive way.

National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcome programme – Reporting

Published: 07 Nov 2018

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) commissions, on behalf of NHS England and the Welsh Government (the funders), the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcome Programme (NCAPOP). This is a unique, world leading resource, designed by clinicians, commissioners and patients providing both quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI) of the services that the NHS offers. QA has always been fundamental, and remains so, but as the programme matures, QI is becoming more important and HQIP are working with funders and clinicians to ensure that the programme maximises the QI opportunities. As the programme grows in stature, we are working to ensure delays are minimised, and that the multiple improvement messages get to those who are best placed to enact the recommendations. This is not a static process and both the funders and commissioners, plan to keep this process under constant review so that we and our patients get the most out of the programme yet have the results disseminated, and acted upon, as speedily as possible.

Member (Medical Director) appointment to the National Joint Registry Steering Committee (NJRSC)

Published: 02 Nov 2018

Timothy Wilton has been appointed as member (Medical Director) from 1st January 2019 for 3 years. The role will involve a time commitment of up to 2 days per week.

Epilepsy audit wins memorial award for outstanding patient involvement

Published: 11 Oct 2018

The winner of the 2018 Richard Driscoll Memorial Award was announced today (11 October 2018) at the annual Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) AGM in London.

Landmark report shows hospitals learning from deaths to improve patient care

Published: 08 Oct 2018

A landmark new report published today by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) reveals how hospitals are using a standardised review approach to learn from adult acute deaths and improve patient care. The publication of Learning from Deaths by the National Quality Board (NQB) in March 2017 mandated all English trusts to conduct mortality reviews, a move supported by the NMCRR programme.1

Landmark report shows hospitals learning from deaths to improve patient care

Published: 05 Oct 2018

A landmark new report published today by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) reveals how hospitals are using a standardised review approach to learn from adult acute deaths and improve patient care. The publication of Learning from Deaths by the National Quality Board (NQB) in March 2017 mandated all English trusts to conduct mortality reviews, a move supported by the NMCRR programme.

Quality Accounts 2019-20 : Audit providers advised to complete scoping survey to ensure eligibility

Published: 19 Sep 2018

Providers of national audits, clinical outcome review programmes and quality improvement projects who would like to be included in the 2019/20 Quality Accounts list are being advised to complete an NHS scoping survey by Friday 21 September.

Dates announced for 2018 Clinical Audit Week

Published: 02 May 2018

HQIP is delighted to announce the return of Clinical Audit Awareness (CAAW) week which this year takes place from the 19-23 November.