Clinical audit and patient outcomes review

Clinical audits and registries offer rich, detailed insights into clinical outcomes and care processes. When supported by clinical engagement, carefully designed data collection, public and patient involvement and national benchmarking, they provide the ultimate tool for shared learning by NHS organisations and other healthcare providers.

HQIP commissions the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) on behalf of NHS England and other national agencies, which is comprised of circa 40 projects that collect and analyse data to provide a national benchmarked picture of care standards for a wide range of conditions. As such, we are uniquely positioned to support national quality improvement through the use of clinical audit and outcome data.

How we can help

We provide strategic quality improvement support to embed whole-system approaches.

• Expert support to apply clinical audit methods for benchmarking and embedding evidence-based standards of care
• Guidance on using clinical audit data to inform population-based commissioning and integrated care strategies
• Capability-building through tailored strategy, training and coaching to grow improvement thinking, skills, leadership and culture

Further information

Find out more about how we can support you using clinical audit data for improvement and other related services on this PDF: