#CAAW25: Key resources on Efficiencies in Healthcare

6 Jun 2025

As part of Clinical Audit Awareness Week (#CAAW25), which is designed to share the value of clinical audit and quality improvement in improving patient outcomes, we are signposting to useful resources from HQIP, the clinical audit community and the wider healthcare sector relating to Efficiencies in healthcare: Embedding sustainability into healthcare quality improvement is an approach to improve health outcomes whilst minimising the environmental, social and financial impacts. Sustainable quality improvement highlights potential waste in resources and any health and social inequalities. NHS trusts are assessed by the Care Quality Commission on their environmental sustainability. Tools are available on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement website that can assist healthcare organisations to highlight areas of opportunity in lowering their carbon emissions from care delivery. In addition, the following resources from HQIP are also useful:

• Article on the potential of EPRs to deliver safer, more efficient care, Real-time data is only valuable if it informs real-time decisions: hqip.org.uk/untapped-potential-in-nhs-eprs.
• Article: HQIP’s CEO, Chris Gush, explains how national clinical audit helps Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and other healthcare leaders to maximise resources and deliver priorities: hqip.org.uk/blog-system-priorities.
• Article: Prof Danny Keenan, HQIP’s Medical Director, shares his experience of sharing knowledge and working collaboratively to target resources, and save and improve lives, in The Big ‘C’ – Collaboration: http://staging-hqip-org-uk.stackstaging.com/blog_collaboration_dk_mar25.
• Blog: From Data to Action, HQIP’s role in delivering NHS priorities: hqip.org.uk/blog-nhs-priorities-2025-26.
• Blog: Insights from Lord Darzi’s independent investigation of the English NHS: hqip.org.uk/blog-darzi-response-sept2024.
• Article: In IN FOR THE LONG HAUL, Vicky Patel, Chair of National Quality Improvement incl. Clinical Audit Network (N-QI-CAN), explores how to take an effective and sustainable approach to clinical audit – pdf (article on pages 28-31).
• Case study on a 2022 Clinical Audit Awareness Week winning project from the Sustainable Respiratory Care Audit Team at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on their project designed to reduce the environmental impacts of healthcare – Sustainable Respiratory Care Audit 2022 case study.

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Also on Efficiencies in Healthcare for #CAAW25 Fri 6 June, 12.30–1.45pm: Online Lunch & Learn – Sustainability, hosted by NQICAN and featuring the Efficiencies award announcement (use this link to REGISTER IN ADVANCE).

Clinical Audit Awareness Week, featuring the Clinical Audit Heroes awards

There is a packed agenda of events and activities across the week of 2-6 June 2025 – everything is FREE, but please note that you will need to register in advance for live events:

• Fri 5 June, 10–11am: Webinar –Clinical Audit Heroes Commendation Awards, with presentations by winning projects that 1) use NCAPOP data to drive healthcare improvements, and 2) communicate effectively. Register here

Who are the Clinical Audit Heroes? There is also a series of daily Lunch & Learn events, hosted by N-QI-CAN, on each of the Clinical Audit Heroes awards main categories from 2-6 June 2025 (registration required). The winners these awards are announced at these events; while two new commendation awards are announced at this event on Friday 6th June. Further information: Clinical Audit Awareness Week.

Don’t miss out!

To find out about all award winners, resources and events relating to #CAAW25, subscribe to HQIP’s mailing list (you will normally receive two emails per month). You can also follow HQIP on X, and on LinkedIn, where information will be posted daily from 2-6 June (look out for and use #CAAW25). And don’t forget to join in the fun by sharing online, using #CAAW25!

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