Blogs
International Nurses Day 2017
Published: 12 May 2017
12 May 2017 is International Nurses Day. A day to celebrate and create a conversation about nursing care. To coincide the Royal College of Nursing has launched its #NurseHeroes campaign and here at HQIP we thought this is a perfect opportunity to pay tribute to three special nurses who we celebrated as part of our Clinical Audit Awareness Week campaign last November.
Sir Bruce Keogh: What is the first national MD’s quality improvement legacy?
Published: 07 Apr 2017
HQIP medical director Professor Danny Keenan reflects on Bruce Keogh’s time as head of NHS England’s ‘delivery arm’ and offers personal reflections on his commitment to QI and clinical audit.
Report highlights need for early intervention for diabetic foot ulcers
Published: 02 Mar 2017
A report published today finds that early intervention is important in the management of diabetic foot disease.
Variability in testing exposing high risk patients to chronic kidney disease, national clinical audit finds
Published: 16 Jan 2017
The National CKD Audit, the first of its kind, reports wide variations in diagnostic testing among patients at high risk of developing CKD, such as people with diabetes and heart disease.
Can the Prime Minister’s ‘shared society’ really tackle inadequacies in young people’s mental health care?
Published: 13 Jan 2017
As a junior doctor in child and adolescent psychiatry, I was very pleased to hear Theresa May recognise the need to improve the lives for the one in ten children in Britain suffering from a diagnosable mental health condition.
Response to BMJ paper on identifying outliers and Clinical Outcomes Publication
Published: 01 Nov 2016
HQIP medical director Professor Danny Keenan gives the wider context on publishing results for consultants, teams and hospitals
Clinical Audit Heroes 2016 – A tribute to Mandy Smith
Published: 26 Oct 2016
To coincide with #CAAW 2016 we’ve launched the ‘Clinical Audit Heroes’ campaign. Our first nominee is not only an #AuditHero, she’s a HQIP legend. Here’s our tribute to Mandy Smith.
Mental health challenges, parity of esteem and reflection on latest suicide findings
Published: 10 Oct 2016
HQIP clinical fellow Dr Saffron Homayoun – a junior doctor in child and adolescent psychiatry – pens her first blog on World Mental Health Day, picking up on last week’s suicide and homicide report and on parity of esteem for mental health.
HQIP Vlog: findings within mental health, emergency surgery and arthritis
Published: 18 Aug 2016
A video diary, presented by HQIP medical director, Professor Danny Keenan, summarising the key findings of HQIP commissioned audit reports published between May and August 2016.
Video interview: Findings and key actions from the HQIP Clinical Leadership Seminar
Published: 18 Aug 2016
HQIP medical director Professor Danny Keenan reflects on the challenges raised and key actions captured in the HQIP Clinical Leadership event report.