Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

This is a national programme of work to examine the incidence and associated features of mortality and serious morbidity in 1-18 year olds and aims to improve the delivery and outcomes of health care to children within the UK.  The programme is delivered by the RCPCH in collaboration with the MRC Centre for Epidemiology, University College London - Institute of Child Health.

There are two main work-streams to the programme;

• A retrospective analysis of mortality using existing datasets which will be carried out by the Institute of Child Health.
• A themed review of death and cases of serious morbidity.

A call for topics for the themed reviews of death and serious morbidity has taken place and the final selection of topics to be undertaken will be made by the Child Health Independent Advisory Group. For further information on this programme please visit http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/chr-uk.

Independent Advisory Group for the the Child Health Programme

As the commissioner for this programme on behalf of the funding bodies, HQIP will be guided by an Independent Advisory Group on topic selection for the programme as well as progress and programme outputs.

Note: As of 1 September 2011, HQIP is now responsible for the for the management and commissioning of the Clinical Outcome Review Programmes, previously the responsibility of the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA). Note: These programmes are also known as Confidential Enquiries.  All enquiries relating to the programme should now be addressed directly to HQIP Clinical Outcome Review Programmes Business Manager Jenny Mooney (formerly holder of the same role at NPSA) via jenny.mooney@hqip.org.uk or 020 7469 2500.