NCAPOP providers

A round-up of information for organisations that run our NCAPOP programmes.

As your partner in the delivery of robust clinical audit and outcome review programmes, we aim to support you at every step of the process, ensuring not only contract compliance but enhancing the utility of audit results for quality improvement. We understand the need to reduce data burden and improve the timeliness of data, and work with you to set, and measure against, targeted, measurable goals for outcomes and patient experience.

The power of data to support major improvements in the quality of care has never been greater” Professor Ajay Aggarwal, Clinical Director of the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN)

More specifically, our remit is to support you through:

  1. Data collection and support
  • Clear data specifications and reduced data burden, maximising the use of existing routine data
  • Guidance on data governance
  • Streamlined data access, managed through our Data Access Request Group (DARG).
  1. Presentation of results
  • Data access, moving towards near-real-time data
  • Standardised reports with clear, actionable recommendations
  • Benchmarking tools, providing access to interactive, online comparable data.
  1. Support for quality improvement
  • Support to design audit findings so they can be utilised in local QI activities
  • Clear outlier management guidelines
  • Case studies of best practice, with examples of how others have used audit data to make changes
  • Acting as a bridge between audit findings and improvement action.
  1. Communication and engagement
  • Clearer messaging for healthcare colleagues on the value of national audits as improvement tools
  • Support with patient engagement.

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