New resources published February 2026

12 Feb 2026

We are pleased to announce that the following NEW RESOURCES to support improvement in healthcare, from HQIP’s audits and programmes, have been published:

• Child mortality: Understanding consanguinity related child deaths; National Child Mortality Database (NCMD). This report on the deaths of children who were born to parents who are blood related shows an increased risk of death from genetic conditions.
• Lung cancer: Lung cancer State of the Nation 2026; National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA, part of NATCAN). Contains key findings and recommendations related to care received by people diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024 in England and Wales.
• Mental health: Suicide annual report, data 2013-2023; National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH). A review of suicides by patients in the UK and Jersey over 2013-2023, which contains five clinical messages for healthcare providers.

Further data

In addition, we are pleased to share that the following data is also available:

• Cardiovascular disease: CVDPREVENT has updated their Data & Improvement Tool and Quality Improvement Data Packs (for ICBs), which now include data to the end of Sept 2025 for the majority of metrics, plus outcomes data which is now updated with June 2025 data.

All reports: All HQIP-commissioned reports can be accessed via our dedicated reports webpage.

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