Paediatrics & child health

Here, we signpost to our programmes, reports, and other resources and news related to paediatrics and child health.

Programmes

Child Health Clinical Outcome Review Programme

Clinical Outcome Review

Focuses on a variety of topics to assess the quality of healthcare provided to children.
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Epilepsy12 (National Clinical Audit of Seizures and Epilepsies for Children and Young People)

National Clinical Audit

Aims to help epilepsy services, and those who commission health services, to measure and improve the quality of care for children and young people with seizures and epilepsies.

Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review (MBRRACE-UK)

Clinical Outcome Review

Supports the delivery of safe, equitable, high-quality and patient-centred maternal, newborn and infant health services.

National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP)

National Clinical Audit

Assesses whether babies admitted to neonatal units in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man receive consistent high-quality care.
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Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet)

National Clinical Audit

Aims to help continually improve how children and young people are treated, and cared for, in a paediatric intensive care unit in the UK and Ireland during life-threatening acute or critical illness.

National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA)

National Clinical Audit

Assesses the quality of care provided to children and young people living with diabetes who attend paediatric diabetes services across England, Wales and Jersey.
National Child Mortality Database (NCMD)

National Child Mortality Database (NCMD)

Clinical Outcome Review

Records comprehensive data, standardised across England, on the circumstances of all children who die before their 18th birthday.

Latest reports

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Related events

CAAW26 Patient Involvement and Care Equity: Improved Outcomes for All – morning session

From 10:30 am to 11:30 am

Online

True improvement happens when patients are at the heart of everything we do. Day two of Clinical Audit Awareness Week (CAAW) 2026 explores how involving patients and communities leads to more inclusive, equitable services, helping to tackle healthcare inequalities and ensuring audit reflects the real needs and experiences of those we care...

23

Jun

2026
CAAW26 Patient Safety: Using Data and Audit to Reduce Harm

From 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Online

This online session, in partnership with Patient Safety Learning, will look at the essential role of robust data and learning from audit in helping identify risks, prevent harm, and build safer systems of care. Drawing on practical examples, the session will explore how data from audits and registries can be used...

25

Jun

2026
CAAW26 Data-Informed Improvement: From Insight to Impact – morning session

From 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Online

Clinical Audit Awareness Week (CAAW) 2026 concludes with a focus on turning evidence into results, demonstrating how data-driven programmes can improve care and make a lasting difference to patients and services. We will look at how audit and similar programmes support practical action on the ground, helping teams and systems to...

26

Jun

2026
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