Latest news: August eBulletin

30 Aug 2024

Welcome to the latest round-up of clinical audit and programme news, events and updates from HQIP and other relevant healthcare organisations.

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Influencing Change case study

22 Aug 2024

Improving Diabetic Foot Infection Outcomes

Diabetic Foot Infection Team, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals

We are pleased to share an exemplar case study from the winner of the Influencing Change category of the Clinical Audit Heroes Awards (part of Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2024).

The team was recognised for their project which aims to improve outcomes for diabetic foot infection patients treated with outpatient parenteral antibiotics. The judges found that it was well structured, with multiple data measures, and improvement clearly demonstrated. Of particular note, were the interventions that had quality improvement ‘built-into’ them, as well as the extensive background research undertaken to identify best-practice.

The case study from the Diabetic Foot Infection Team can be viewed here.

Benchmarking data available

15 Aug 2024

The following dataset has been published on the National Clinical Audit Benchmarking (NCAB) website, HQIP’s online portal which provides access to national audit performance data.

The National Audit of Dementia (NAD). This data was updated on NCAB 8 August 2024 from the NAD report 2023 covering data September 2022 to January 2023.

NCAB is an online portal, hosted by HQIP, which provides access to national audit performance data. Users do not need to register, and can access audit benchmarked data searchable by speciality, Trust, hospital or unit. For all datasets currently published, go to the NCAB site