Development & funding for new national clinical audits

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is pleased to announce that eleven new topics for national clinical audit are to join the projects already forming the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).

At the present time the budget for 2012-13 is fully allocated, however if funding becomes available proposals will be invited. Periodically we will commission audits on specific topics as decided by the Department of Health with advice from the NAGCAE group.

Quick links:

• Information on the eleven new topics >>
• Current invitations and tenders >>
• Prioritisation of audit proposals >>
• Support for emerging audits >>
• Non-NCAPOP audit mapping >>
• Other national audits and registries >>

The National Advisory Group on Clinical Audit & Enquiries advises which topics should be funded as national audits, and which submitted proposals should be subject to tender; and determines which tenders against identified topics should be approved.

For information and guidance about how audit topics and proposals will be prioritised for funding within the NCAPOP programme, and the criteria for assessing tenders, click here.

In all circumstances an open tender procurement approach will be applied before funding is available. Our procurement page details current procurement activity for national audit.

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Support for emerging audits

HQIP is keen to talk with new groups or consortia who are interested in developing new national audits and registers, whether funding is available at any time or not, such as national patient charities, Royal Colleges or specialist societies, or Departmental policy leads. Our development team would be happy to discuss potential new topics for audit and/or outline what is required from a new bidder to obtain funding, and to help these ideas become potential bids for funding in future funding rounds. If you would like to discuss an idea for an entirely new audit, please contact the development team. However, if your proposal is an extension of an existing audit, please contact the contracts and procurement team, led by Helen Laing.

We welcome discussion on topics where only part funding is required, and indeed part funding proposals are encouraged, such as where there is a stream of income from industry or charitable or patient sources.

We will also consider proposals for development funding, to progress a multi-site or regional audit to a national audit, or to develop a national clinical database or registry into a quality improvement process or full audit. Those looking to make proposals of this type should check the multi-site audit area of the website for current funding opportunities.

For more information, please contact us.

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National clinical audits not funded through NCAPOP

HQIP offers support and training opportunities to national audits not funded through HQIP.  See our resources here >>.