Supporting you to deliver improvement
In addition to providing data from our programmes, HQIP is committed to supporting the clinical audit community, healthcare providers and the wider community to deliver robust clinical audit and quality improvement projects. These will enable data to be translated into change that delivers meaningful improvements in care. As such, we provide a range of resources, including guidance, case studies, online learning and more.
Clinical audit…helps care providers, commissioners and patients understand where services are doing well and where improvements are needed in line with evidence-based standards” Clinical audits and registries: A best practice guide, NHS England
Guidance
From best practice in clinical audit and an introduction to analysing quality improvement and assurance data, through to guidance on documenting local clinical audit, we use our in-depth knowledge of clinical audit and evidence-informed improvement to bring you a range of guidance.
Benchmarking
Our National Clinical Audit Benchmarking (NCAB) website provides an interactive visualisation of metric results from the HQIP-hosted National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme, searchable by audit, topic, keyword and healthcare provider.
Outlier management
The identification of statistical outliers is an important part of HQIP-commissioned programmes, to improve care. They signal potential variation in care that can indicate differences in patient outcomes, safety, and experience. Find out more about highlighting unwarranted variation and improving care through the management of outliers.
Engaging patients
By working closely with patients and communities, we can understand their priorities and concerns, in order to develop services that truly meet their needs. From an introduction, to help you get started, through to a holistic in-depth ‘how to’ guide, we are pleased to share a range of guidance to support patient engagement.
More on how to engage patients
HQIP Directory
The HQIP ‘Directory’ is a guidance document, offering an ‘information one-stop shop’ from the teams that manage national audit and quality improvement programmes. It is a tool/resource designed to assist healthcare service providers in planning and reporting on their audit activity each year. An information ‘one-stop shop’ from the teams that manage national audit and quality improvement programmes.
Online learning
We offer free-to-use online education packages on subjects related to clinical audit and healthcare quality improvement. These include introductions to quality improvement for both healthcare professionals and patients, as well as support for trainee doctors.
Case studies & more
Find out how others have delivered improvements in healthcare, by viewing case studies from our partners and award winners on a range of topics, from addressing health inequalities through to delivering sustainable change.
