News

Fewer men receive potentially unnecessary treatments for prostate cancer

Published: 20 Nov 2017

Only 8% of men with low-risk prostate cancer received potentially unnecessary radical treatment aimed at curing the disease[1] in 2015-16 according to the fourth Annual Report of the National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA) published by the Royal College of Surgeons today. This is an improvement on 2014-15 figures, when 12% of men treated by the NHS in England may have received unnecessary treatment for low risk disease. This reflects the international trend in this area of prostate cancer therapy.

Record number of lung cancer operations as patient survival rates continue to rise

Published: 20 Nov 2017

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) today published a new report revealing that almost 6,000 lung cancer operations took place in 2015, with a record 98.1% of patients alive after 30 days of operation and 96.3% alive after 90 days.

Sir Bruce Keogh’s statement on National Clinical Audit Benchmarking (NCAB)

Published: 20 Nov 2017

"Today we are launching a new way for Trusts in England to access National Clinical Audit data about their organisations.

National Clinical Audit Benchmarking launches: Trust-by-Trust results for six key audits

Published: 19 Nov 2017

Today (20 November 2017) sees the launch of National Clinical Audit Benchmarking (NCAB) – an online portal which for the first time brings together trust-by-trust results for six key specialties set against individual national benchmarks.

HQIP QI Theatre: top clinical and QI names confirmed

Published: 10 Nov 2017

Just under two weeks to go and further high profile clinical and QI names have been confirmed for HQIP’s QI Theatre at the 2017 Patient First conference on the 21 – 22 November.

Largest ever maternity audit publishes report to help NHS services deliver improvements for women and babies

Published: 08 Nov 2017

The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) today publishes a major clinical report that identifies areas of good practice and opportunities for improvement in the care of women and babies in maternity services across Britain.

Children’s intensive care under increased pressure, although mortality remains low

Published: 02 Nov 2017

Paediatric intensive care units in the UK & Ireland were operating under increased pressure as they coped with rising numbers of patients and a lack of specialist nurses, according to the latest audit of services.

First speakers announced for QI Theatre 2017

Published: 23 Oct 2017

NHS England, National Voices and RCP confirmed

In Memoriam: Richard Driscoll, HQIP Chair

Published: 23 Oct 2017

In Memoriam: Richard Driscoll, Chair of HQIP Board of Trustees

Emergency bowel surgery: 300 lives saved and patients heading home 60 hours sooner, NELA finds

Published: 11 Oct 2017

Improvements in the care of patients for emergency bowel surgeries have reduced average hospital stays from 19.2 to 16.6 days, saving the NHS £30 million annually, NELA report finds