Clinical Audit Awareness Week (#CAAW26) is here! From 22-26 June 2026, this week-long campaign celebrates the critical role of clinical audit and data-driven healthcare improvement. Across five themed days, 2026’s campaign explores how insight becomes action; showcasing practical examples, innovation, and collaborative projects.
We invite you to join us for thought-provoking webinars, and events announcing the Excellence in Clinical Audit Awards winners (you need to register to attend these free events, but it only takes a few minutes – links below).
NOTE: For the best experience, we recommend joining Teams webinars via a laptop rather than a mobile phone.
A packed programme of events – still to come…
Wednesday 24 June – Shaping the Future Together: Innovation and Transformation
10am-12pm: Webinar REGISTER HERE *UPDATED TIME due to addition of keynote speaker Sir James Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS England*
Health and care and, with it, clinical audit and approaches to improvement are rapidly evolving, so this day looks to the future. We’ll explore how new tools, approaches, and a skilled, supported workforce are transforming the way data is used to improve healthcare. This session includes a keynote from Sir James Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS England, demonstrating the value placed on clinical audit and evidence-based improvement in supporting the delivery of the NHS 10-Year Plan. This session includes:
- Keynote: Sir James Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS England, demonstrating the value placed on clinical audit and evidence-based improvement in supporting the delivery of the NHS 10-Year Plan
- Aspirations of the NJR artificial intelligence analytics strategy: Chris Boulton, Director of Operations, National Joint Registry
- Real World Data to Improve Patient Safety: From Standardisation to Scale and Speed: Professor Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology, University of Oxford, NDORMS
- Shaping Innovation through Clinical Audit: Evidencing MedTech Implementation and Patient Impact: Sarah Chessell, Head of Research and Innovation, NHS Dorset; Lead, Dorset Innovation Hub
- Using the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) Charts to Detect Outlier Mortality: Aiman Al-Eryani, Senior Data Analyst, Royal College of Anaesthetists.
12.45-1.30pm: Lunchtime Sharing Session REGISTER HERE
Join us for the Shaping the Future Together: Innovation and Transformation lunchtime session, where we will be recognising achievements and best practice from across the sector. We will announce the winner(s) of the Innovation category of the Excellence in Clinical Audit Awards 2026, who will present their projects to share their excellent work and offer inspiration for others.
Thursday 25 June – Patient Safety: Using Data and Audit to Reduce Harm
10.30am-12pm: Webinar REGISTER HERE
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 to detect safety signals, understand where harm is occurring, and support action to reduce risk and improve patient safety. This session includes:
- Welcome from today’s Chair: Dr Jacqueline Andrews, Executive Medical Director, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust and HQIP Trustee
- Using data for safety – A perspective from the Patient Safety Commissioner: Professor Henrietta Hughes OBE, Patient Safety Commissioner
- The role of the National Joint Registry in patient safety: Chris Boulton, Director of Operations, National Joint Registry
- Using national maternity data to drive patient safety improvement: Faith Sheils, Director of Midwifery, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- From incident to improvement: using Epilepsy12 data to commission a safer first seizure pathway: Dr Colin Dunkley, Consultant Paediatrician, Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Epilepsy12 Clinical Lead
- Update from Patient Safety Learning: Clare Wade, Director, Patient Safety Learning.
12.45-1.30pm: Lunchtime Sharing Session REGISTER HERE
Join us for the Patient Safety: Using Data and Audit to Reduce Harm lunchtime session, where we will be recognising achievements and best practice from across the sector. We will announce the winner(s) of the Patient Safety category of the Excellence in Clinical Audit Awards 2026, who will present their projects to share their excellent work and offer inspiration for others.
Friday 26 June – Data-Informed Improvement: From Insight to Impact
Our week will conclude 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 deliver meaningful change. Hear how national audits, registries, and patient-focused data drive real improvements in care, from strategic outcomes and NICE EVAR alignment to local CAMHS services. Presentations will explore patient perspectives, data quality challenges, and practical lessons from regulators, while a panel and resident doctors share insights on turning audit into meaningful change for patients and services.
10am-12pm: Morning Webinar REGISTER HERE
This session includes:
- Data-Informed Improvement: From Insight to Impact, Dame Celia Ingham Clark, HQIP Chair and former NHS England Deputy Medical Director
- From Insight to Impact: What CQC and HSSIB Teach Us About Using Audit Data for Improvement, Professor Ted Baker, Chair of Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB)
- Registry to Results: Aligning with the 10-Year Plan and NICE early value assessment to Improve Outcomes, John McGrath, National Clinical Director, Robotics Registry
- Seeing Through the Patient Lens: Turning Data and Audit Findings into Meaningful Improvement, Kate Cullen, National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) patient representative
- Panel Discussion with Ted Baker, John McGrath and Kate Cullen.
1-3pm: Afternoon Webinar REGISTER HERE
This session includes:
- Announcement of, and presentation by, the winner(s) of the Evidence into Practice category of the Excellence in Clinical Audit Awards 2026
- From Data to Practice: How Audit Insights Shape Local CAMHS Care, Tom Hunter, Mental Health Nurse and Plymouth CAMHS and Dr Salbu Krishnan, Clinical Lead for South-West CAMHS Eating Disorders, Consultant Eating Disorders and CAMHS Psychiatrist
- Building the National Audit of Eating Disorders (NAED): Barriers, Data Quality, and Impact on Services, Dr Karina Allan and Philippa Nunn, National Audit of Eating Disorders (NAED)
- Winner of the Resident Doctor Showcase 2026, Dr Alexandra Tebbett, Resident Doctor, South Warwickshire University Foundation Trust: Turning Audit into Improved Patient Care.
Tell us what you think
Please share your feedback about Clinical Audit Awareness Week, the events and activities, or the awards here: www.hqip.org.uk/caaw26-feedback.
Past 2026 events
Turning Strategy into Reality (Monday 22 June)
Morning Webinar, featuring:
- Clinical Audit as an Enabler of Value-Based Healthcare; Professor Sally Lewis, Professor of Value in Health Management, Value-based Health and Care Academy, Swansea University; Director of Kintsugi-international
- Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) – Data Driven Improvements in Patient Outcomes; Dr Sunil Nedungayil, Senior Clinical Lead, Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit programme (FFFAP), Royal College of Physicians
- Advocacy for Clinical Audit, and Aspirations for an Association for Clinical Audit, Registries and Quality Improvement (ACAR-QI); Dr Iain Smith, Associate Director, Association for Clinical Audit, Registries and Quality Improvement (ACAR-QI), HQIP.
Lunchtime Sharing Session, featuring the announcement of the Strategic Impact award winners.
Patient Involvement and Care Equity (Tues 23 June)
Morning Webinar, featuring:
- Paul Gavin, Deputy Director Equalities and Involvement, People and Communities, NHS England, considering what the new health and care landscape means for PPI and the wider experience of healthcare, considering the changes to NHS England and the 10-Year Plan.
- Anita Sehdev, Youth Voice Advisor from The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, outlining engagement work with children and young people that is shaping national clinical audits.
- A panel discussion with Paul, Anita, and members of HQIP’s Service User Network (SUN), Bren McInerney, Community Volunteer and SUN member, and Sadia Mir, SUN member and Equality and Diversity Advocate, who will share their lived experience of involvement work in communities and as advocates for healthcare equality.
Lunchtime Sharing Session, featuring the announcement of the Equity and Patient Involvement award winners.
Afternoon Webinar, focusing on inequalities in maternity care and featuring:
- George Dunn, Project Lead for the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit, and Sarah Fisher, Women’s Health Advocate and Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Advisor, talking about their work with their Women and Families Involvement Group and how they impact the audit.
- Wendy Olayiwola, National Maternity Lead for Equality, NHSE, talking about her work to drive the national agenda to reduce disparities and improve outcomes in maternity and neonatal services across England.
- A panel discussion featuring MBRRACE-UK representative Nicky Vousden (clinical lecturer and National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit) and four members from HQIP’s Service User Network sharing lived experience as parents and in their wider advocacy work: Meg Hill, Birth Worker; Riham Lotfi, Community Champion; Naomi Rose, Expert by Experience; and Al Richards, Dad and Person from the Global Majority.
Getting involved and promotional resources
Clinical Audit Awareness Week is an opportunity for us all to shine a light on clinical audit, outcome review programmes, registries, and other data-driven healthcare improvement. Join events, share your learning, and be part of the conversation about how data can improve healthcare for all. It’s your engagement that makes this national campaign so successful! #CAAW26
PROMOTIONAL RESOURCES: Access a range of resources, from email signatures and screensavers to social media images and printable posters, to help you share awareness of the campaign, the awards and the activities that you are undertaking: 2026 #CAAW toolkit.
Stay updated
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- HQIP website: Keep checking back for the latest updates, activities, and ways to get involved.
Previous campaigns
Find out more about previous campaigns, resources, awards and winners using the links below:
