Former programmes

The following programmes are no longer commissioned by HQIP. You can find out about our current programmes using the button below:

Current programmes

Some reports from former HQIP-commissioned programmes are still available on this website; for details, go to the Reports section:

Reports

Programmes formerly commissioned by HQIP

  • Child Head Injury Project
    Determined how early management of head injury in children affects health outcomes and to identify avoidable factors associated with adverse outcomes.
  • Coronary angioplasty (percutaneous coronary interventions)
    Established to stimulate quality improvement through the provision of comparative information on services, care, and outcomes for patients.
  • Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Audit
    Examined the care received by women with HMB and assessed patient outcomes and experience of care.
  • HIV and STD
    Explored and evaluated the design of a future national clinical audit of healthcare for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and syphilis.
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease National Clinical Audit Project
    Established to measure the efficacy, safety and appropriate use of biological therapies in patients with IBD in the UK.
  • Learning disability mortality review programme
    Established to drive improvement in the quality of health and social care service delivery for people with learning disabilities.
  • Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP)
    Aimed to improve the quality of care and outcomes of patients who have heart attacks, and improve the whole pathway from the call to the emergency services to the prescription of preventive medications on discharge from hospital.
  • National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit
    Aimed to reduce mortality and improve outcomes for patients undergoing adult cardiac surgery.
  • National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients (NABCOP)
    Aimed to support NHS providers to improve the quality of hospital care for older patients with breast cancer.
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    • See current programmes on: Cancer
  • National Audit of Continence Care
    Established to support improvement in continence care for people with bladder and bowel problems.
  • National Audit of Psychological Therapies
    Aimed to evaluate and improve the quality of treatment and care received by people with anxiety and depression.
  • National Audit of Schizophrenia
    Assessed the care for people affected by schizophrenia who were living in the community in England and Wales, and examined how well guidelines produced by NICE were being followed.
  • National Audit of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS)
    Collated data from sudden cardiac deaths, to understand the prevalence of these conditions, and to foster opportunities for research and audit.
  • National Cardiovascular Audit Programme (NCAP)
    Established to collect, analyse and translate vital cardiovascular data into relevant and meaningful information, to drive sustainable improvements in patient well-being, safety and outcomes.
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  • National Chronic Kidney Disease Audit
    Aimed to improve the identification of CKD patients in primary care, improve their management and outcomes, and tailor their care to local pathways.
  • National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Audit (COPD)
    Brought together primary care, secondary care, and pulmonary rehabilitation, along with patient experience and pilot linkage.
  • National Clinical Audit of Anxiety and Depression (NCAAD)
    Was focused on improving care received by people during, and after a period of, inpatient treatment.
  • National Clinical Audit of Specialist Rehabilitation for Patients with Complex Needs Following Major Injury
    Provided a comparative assessment of services provided in specific areas, in relation to specialist injuries caused by events such as road accidents and falls.
  • National Congenital Heart Disease Audit
    Established to audit care relating to congenital heart disease, any defect of the heart present from birth.
  • National Diabetes Audit (NDA)
    Aimed to enable services that treat people with diabetes-related foot disease to measure their performance against NICE guidance.
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  • National Head and Neck Cancer Audit
    Aimed to produce meaningful results that act as a vehicle to improve delivery of care to patients.
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    • See current programmes on: Cancer
  • National Heart Failure Audit
    Aimed to improve the quality and outcomes of care for patients with unscheduled admission to hospital with heart failure.
  • National Heart Rhythm Management Audit
    Detailed clinical activity in the fields of pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronisation therapy.
  • National Kidney Care Audit Vascular Access
    Aimed to determine the performance of renal centres across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the use of optimal vascular access for haemodialysis, to measure the burden of vascular access and to explore operational issues in providing access.
  • National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit
    Aimed to describe the provision of mastectomy and breast reconstruction services across England, and investigate the determinants and outcomes of care for women with breast cancer having a mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction.
    • See current programmes on: Cancer
  • National Mortality Case Record Review programme
    Aimed to develop and implement a standardised way of reviewing the case records of adults who have died in acute hospitals across England and Scotland.
  • National Ophthalmology Database (NOD)
    Collected data on cataract surgery performed in England and Wales, and provided individual surgeons, healthcare providers and the public with benchmarked reports on performance, with the aim of improving the care provided to patients.
  • National Pain Audit
    Aimed to improve information on and awareness of pain services in England and Wales for patients with chronic pain.
  • National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD)
    Established to look into the circumstances surrounding deaths from asthma.
  • Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT)
    Aimed to support objective, robust and standardised reviews of deaths of babies (up to 28 days post birth), to provide answers for bereaved parents about why their baby died.