Women and children

• Childhood Epilepsy
• Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
• National Neonatal Audit (NNAP)
• Paediatric Intensive Care (PICANet)
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Epilepsy

Epilepsies are a heterogeneous group of conditions that together represent the commonest significant chronic neurological disorder of childhood with a prevalence of approximately 1 in 200 children. A succession of national reports has highlighted recurring concerns regarding the quality of diagnoses, treatment, communication and management. There is considerable variation across the United Kingdom in the way health care services currently provide for children and young people with epilepsies.

The purpose of this audit is to facilitate local health services to evaluate clinical practice, patient experience and service descriptors in a standardised and meaningful way. Measures will allow service providers to identify priorities for development and benchmark good practice. More

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Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

One quarter of all women suffer from heavy menstrual bleeding at some stage in their lives. For most it becomes a major quality of life issue and for some it becomes a significant health problem. Management options have improved significantly in recent years, but it is not clear that all women have access to the best care. This national audit focuses not on one intervention or treatment, but on the woman's experience of her care. It will investigate variation in the process and outcomes of care and address the reasons for this. More

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Neonatal  

The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) was established in January 2006 in order to assess whether babies requiring neonatal care receive consistent care across England and Wales, identify areas for improvement and provide a mechanism for ensuring consistent high quality care in neonatal services. More

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Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet)

PICANet was established in 2002 and aims to continually support the improvement of paediatric intensive care provision throughout the UK by providing detailed information on paediatric intensive care activity and outcomes. More

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