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Tag Archives: National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP)
Statistics on Falls in Hospitals: National Audit of Inpatient Falls 2017 (RCP / NHS Improvement)
Summary The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)’s most recent annual report summarises findings of the National Audit of Inpatient Falls, with recommendations for improvement. This report supplies: “ …detailed results from all individual hospitals, enabling comparison with their own performance … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Avoidance of Litigation, Costs of Falls in Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Policies / Protocols, Direct and Indirect Impacts of Inpatient Falls, Estimates of Costs Per Fall by Age, Evidence-Based Quality Improvement, Fall and Fracture Prevention, Falls and Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB), Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP), Falls Improvement Collaborative, Falls in Hospitals, Falls in Hospitals and Residential Care Facilities, Falls Multidisciplinary Working Group: Recommendation for Trust and Local Health Board (LHB) Boards, Falls Pathway Workstream, Falls Per 1000 OBDs: Analysis By NHS Trust, Falls Prevention, Falls Reported to National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), FFFAP: Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme, Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB), Fracture Prevention Policies / Protocols, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, Hospital Falls Prevention, Incidence and Costs of Inpatient Falls in Hospitals, Inpatient Falls, Integrated Falls Prevention Services, Litigation Claims, National Audit of Inpatient Falls Audit Report, National Audit of Inpatient Falls Audit Report 2017, National Audit of Inpatient Falls Workstream Project Team, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD), National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Occupied Bed Days (OBDs), Patient Safety, Patient Safety Incidents, Preventing Falls in Hospital, Preventing Inpatient Falls, Priorites Within Acute Hospitals, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Quality Improvement, Reducing Falls to Help Trusts Improve Patient Experience and Reduce Costs, Reducing Litigation Costs, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
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National Audit of Inpatient Falls: Audit Report 2015 (RCP)
Summary The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)’s Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme involves a national clinical audit of the care received by patients in hospital. The following annual report summarises findings of the National Audit of Inpatient Falls. Although … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, Falls, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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A New Quality Improvement Manual (HQIP) Plus an Investigation Into Online Repositories of Quality Improvement (BMJ Quality and Safety / BMJ / King’s Fund)
Summary Health Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) has produced a guide to the main twelve quality improvement (QI) methods. Section headings comprise: Introduction: Purpose. Definition of ‘quality’. Good governance. Regulation, accreditation and inspection. Patient involvement in quality improvement. Collaboration for quality … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Updated National Audit of Dementia (BBC News / Royal College of Psychiatrists)
Summary The National Audit of Dementia, by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which has looked at data from 210 hospitals across England and Wales, and included a review of case notes for 8,000 patients with dementia, has found some improvements since the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, BBC News, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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NCAPOP Projects Mapped to NHS Outcome Framework Domains (HQIP)
Summary The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) has updated its quality accounts tool. This now relates to NHS Outcomes Framework domains. “Approved by NHS England, each of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) audits have now been … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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National Pain Audit 2010/12: Final Report (Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership)
Summary This National Audit of Pain Services collected detailed data on pain services in England and Wales. The audit was funded by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and performed in partnership with the British Pain Society and Dr Foster … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Pain, Standards, UK
Tagged British Pain Society, Dr Foster, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), HQIP, National Audit of Pain Services, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), National Pain Audit, National Pain Audit 2010/12, Pain Management, Pain Relief
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National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2011: Full Report (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 6, January 2012]. Summary The first full report of the National Audit of Dementia across 210 hospitals in England and Wales, by the Royal College … Continue reading
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