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New multi-nation initiative to improve care and outcomes for patients with asthma and COPD confirmed
Published: 10 Apr 2018
A new national clinical audit programme designed to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients with asthma and COPD has been commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) for the forthcoming 3-5 years. It will be delivered by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) across England, Scotland and Wales.
Prevalence of hypoglycaemic episodes declines in hospitals, according to diabetes inpatient audit
Published: 08 Mar 2018
The prevalence of all hypoglycaemic episodes in hospital, both mild and severe, has decreased from 26 per cent in 2011 to 20 per cent in 2016.
Diabetes control for children in England and Wales has ‘significantly improved’, finds latest NPDA report
Published: 28 Feb 2018
Latest National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) published today by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) shows:
HQIP to support mental health and Clinical Audit Summit events
Published: 22 Dec 2017
HQIP will back two major quality improvement events in 2018 – with discounted places available.
Data Protection: Compliance with new regulations required by spring 2018
Published: 20 Dec 2017
New data protection regulations will be introduced in spring 2018 with implications for UK data controllers and processors.
RCP finds there is still room for improvement in use of high value COPD treatments in Wales
Published: 13 Dec 2017
A new report published today by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) finds that two thirds of Welsh Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients receive the flu jab – one of the most high value treatments to stop exacerbations of the disease.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation associated with lower hospital admission rates
Published: 12 Dec 2017
Today’s report from the Royal College of Physicians National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Audit Programme (COPD) reveals that people who complete a full pulmonary rehabilitation programme are much less likely to be admitted to hospital than those who did not.
Prevention of inpatient falls has improved, but further change is needed
Published: 21 Nov 2017
The Royal College of Physicians National Audit for Inpatient Falls (NAIF) report shows that although prevention of inpatient falls across hospitals in England and Wales has improved slightly many patients are not receiving the required assessments which can help prevent falls in hospitals.
Survival rates for patients undergoing abdominal aortic surgery continue to improve
Published: 20 Nov 2017
The number of patients who die in hospital following an operation to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) continues to fall according to the National Vascular Registry 2017 annual report published today by the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI) and the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS).
Fewer men receive potentially unnecessary treatments for prostate cancer
Published: 20 Nov 2017
Only 8% of men with low-risk prostate cancer received potentially unnecessary radical treatment aimed at curing the disease[1] in 2015-16 according to the fourth Annual Report of the National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA) published by the Royal College of Surgeons today. This is an improvement on 2014-15 figures, when 12% of men treated by the NHS in England may have received unnecessary treatment for low risk disease. This reflects the international trend in this area of prostate cancer therapy.