News, events & blogs
Welcome to HQIP's news, events and blogs area. Latest entries are listed below chronologically, and you can use the menus and filters on the left to define your content, or use the search section (top right) for specific searches.
New reports published this month – December 2022
Published: 08 Dec 2022
New resources have been published on Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Infancy and Childhood, Epilepsy care provided to adult patients presenting to hospital with a seizure, and Implantable medical devices in aortic aneurysm repair.
Benchmarking data available: Neonatal care
Published: 07 Dec 2022
National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) benchmarking data is now available.
Benchmarking data available: Bowel cancer
Published: 07 Dec 2022
National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBoCA) benchmarking data now available.
National Joint Registry: 19th Annual Report
Published: 01 Dec 2022
The National Joint Registry has released their 19th Annual Report, presenting data on clinical activity during the 2021 calendar year.
November 2022’s eBulletin is now out!
Published: 28 Nov 2022
Welcome to the November 2022 round-up of clinical audit news, events and programmes from HQIP and other relevant healthcare organisations.
Have your say: Clinical Audit Awareness Week survey
Published: 28 Nov 2022
We welcome feedback on Clinical Audit Awareness Week (and the Clinical Audit Heroes awards) in 2022 via a short online survey.
HQIP’s Annual Report: April 2021–March 2022
Published: 27 Nov 2022
Covering April 2021 to March 2022, it documents our key achievements for the year and plans for the future alongside Trustees’ and Financial reports.
NQICAN QA Session: Questions asked of HQIP with HQIP’s responses
Published: 27 Nov 2022
Please find the questions asked of HQIP, and HQIP's responses, from the latest NQICAN QA session on the 29th of September, 2022.
Epilepsy12 Audit wins excellence award for patient involvement
Published: 17 Nov 2022
A national clinical audit that aims improve the quality of care for children and young people with seizures and epilepsies in England and Wales has been named the winner of a national award for outstanding patient and public involvement.
New QI publication from HQIP
Published: 04 Nov 2022
Our new FREE online publication from HQIP, which is designed to support Quality Improvement (QI) in healthcare, is now out!
New vacancies – November 2022
Published: 02 Nov 2022
HQIP is currently recruiting to two roles: Operations Director- Corporate Services and Senior Communications Officer. Both roles at remote with occasional travel to central London.
National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme 2023/24 – Applications now open
Published: 28 Oct 2022
The National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme provides doctors in training with the unique opportunity to spend 12 months working in national organisations, to develop a range of enhanced leadership, policy, project, and communication skills.
October 2022’s eBulletin is now out!
Published: 28 Oct 2022
Welcome to the October 2022 round-up of clinical audit news, events and programmes from HQIP and other relevant healthcare organisations.
Artificial intelligence to be used in new drive for equality in mental health services
Published: 20 Oct 2022
HQIP-commissioned National Clinical Audit of Psychosis (NCAP), run by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has partnered with AI firm Faculty to explore health inequalities.
New reports published this month – October 2022
Published: 14 Oct 2022
New resources have been published on our website this month.
Mental health newsletter
Published: 04 Oct 2022
Our latest themed newsletter with a focus on mental health is now out, bringing you latest reports from relevant audits and key information from both HQIP and the sector.
Perinatal Mortality Review Tool Annual Report published – September 2022
Published: 04 Oct 2022
The Perinatal Mortality Review Tool Annual Report was published this month.
National Vascular Registry data now available on NCAB portal
Published: 03 Oct 2022
New performance data from the National Vascular Registry is now available on the National Clinical Audit Benchmarking (NCAB) portal.
Exemptions to the national data opt-out
Published: 27 Sep 2022
A number of programmes commissioned by HQIP have been made exempt from the national data opt-out, following advice from the Confidentiality Advisory Group at the Health Research Authority.
Meet the Richard Driscoll Memorial Award winner of 2021
Published: 26 Sep 2022
As the deadline to submit entries to the Richard Driscoll Memorial Award gets closer, we speak to Rachel Andrews, Deputy Programme Manager for the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) and last year’s winner to find out what winning the Richard Driscoll Memorial Award meant to the team.