News
Update on NHS Digital’s information security assurance (IG Toolkit) requirements
Published: 28 Mar 2017
NHS Digital have issued guidance aimed at data processors who currently use its IG Toolkit for data access including NCAPOP providers.
Response to YEARN audit network request for information on NCAPOP
Published: 09 Mar 2017
Following discussions with the YEARN clinical audit network group, and its requests for more information about HQIP, its work and the NCAPOP, this paper was created in January 2017.
Diabetes inpatient audit: Hypoglycaemic episodes decline
Published: 07 Mar 2017
Hypoglycaemic episodes in hospitals has decreased, according to NaDIA 2016 report.
Call for case studies demonstrating best practice in QI
Published: 15 Feb 2017
Do you have any examples of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and best practice in quality improvement to showcase? Would you like to see your achievements highlighted on the HQIP website?
Cardiac Rhythm Management Audit shows variation in implantation rates for pacemakers and defibrillators, nationally and in comparison to Europe
Published: 14 Feb 2017
The National Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Audit data suggests that within the UK there continues to be variation in the rates of pacemaker and defibrillator implants in both the UK and Western Europe.
From NCAPOP to British Society of Gastroenterology led IBD Registry
Published: 10 Feb 2017
The Inflammatory Bowel Disease National Clinical Audit Project comes to an end on 28 February 2017. Following numerous successful rounds of clinical audit which supported clinical teams to achieve significant improvement against NICE standards, NHS England and the Welsh Government took the decision to decommission IBD as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), managed by HQIP.
Report shows regional variations in diabetes care
Published: 31 Jan 2017
The National Diabetes Audit 2015-16, published by NHS Digital in partnership with Diabetes UK, found that the percentage of patients with Type 1 diabetes achieving NICE-recommended treatment targets for glucose control, blood pressure and cholesterol varied from 11 per cent in some CCGs/LHBs to 34 per cent in others.
Myocardial ischaemia: 9/10 of heart attack cases seen on time MINAP audit finds
Published: 30 Jan 2017
999-to-treatment times improve by almost 40% in the last decade, according to national clinical audit report.
Huge Improvement in Heart Attack Treatment, 9/10 of cases seen on time
Published: 27 Jan 2017
The latest Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) report published today, has shown significant improvements in key indicators for heart attack patients, and also highlights the serious impact of smoking on the onset of heart attack.
Latest National COPD Audit Programme report highlights concerning levels of hospital readmissions for people suffering with chronic lung conditions in England
Published: 26 Jan 2017
Today’s report from The Royal College of Physicians shows that 43% of patients admitted for hospital treatment of COPD were readmitted at least once in the three months following discharge. This represents a considerable increase from the 33% readmission rate reported in 2008.