Audits team

Our activities include evaluating the implementation of professional standards and national guidance through clinical audit and highlighting variation to support clinical improvement at local, regional and national levels.

We work in partnership with charitable and professional bodies, as well as children, young people, parents and carers with our RCPCH &Us programme.

We are currently commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) to deliver three national clinical audits as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP):

Additionally, in collaboration with College affiliated specialty groups, we deliver national audits of quality standards:

If you would like to be notified of future audits being delivered by the RCPCH, or have any queries, please contact auditteam@rcpch.ac.uk with your details.

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National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) - Reporting dashboards

The NNAP assesses whether babies admitted to neonatal units in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man receive consistent high quality care and identifies areas for quality improvement. The data is reported by unit, network and nation on three dashboards: NNAP Online (annual report of validated...

Neonatal medicine

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NNAP webinar recording: Key findings from the 2024 summary report

This webinar, recorded in October 2025, reviewed the key findings and national recommendations from the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) summary report on 2024 data.

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National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) - Summary report on 2024 data

This report has a summary of findings for the 2024 data year, national recommendations and links to in-depth reporting and resources to support local quality improvement activities. You can also download a poster with 'at a glance' results, extended analysis report, data line of sight table and coll...

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Epilepsy12 and OPEN UK national conference 2025 resources

The eighth annual Epilepsy12 and Organisation of Paediatric Epilepsy Networks (OPEN UK) national conference took place in September 2025. You can find conference resources and more information about the event on this page.

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National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) - past annual reports and data

NNAP assesses whether babies admitted to neonatal units receive consistently high-quality care in relation to the audit measures. This page links to the downloadable annual reports and resources from the audit years, 2010 to 2023.

Neonatal medicine

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) annual report on 2023-24 data

Our report, published in March 2025, presents the key findings on the health checks and outcomes for children and young people with diabetes mellitus in England, Wales and Jersey. It covers the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. It aims to understand what proportion of patients seen in pa...

Diabetes

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - transparency and open data

This page provides access to NPDA transparency and governance resources, including NPDA privacy statements, NPDA data protection impact assessments, the RCPCH data protection policy and detailed notes on data analysis, cleaning and validation. These documents set out how NPDA data is managed, protec...

Diabetes

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - communications resources

This page brings together NPDA communications resources designed for units to share with children, young people, families, and wider audiences. It includes flyers for England, Wales and Jersey, along with links to videos, posters, summary results, and parent/carer reports. These materials explain wh...

Diabetes

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - data access requests

This page provides information on how NPDA data can be accessed and used. It includes the NPDA Data Access Request Policy and supporting documents, which set out the process for requesting access to NPDA data, the conditions under which data may be shared, and how applications are reviewed to ensure...

Diabetes

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - outlier identification and management

This page contains NPDA resources on the identification and management of outlier results. Here you can access the NPDA Outlier Management and Identification Policy, annual outlier analysis reports, and supporting documentation. These materials explain how outliers are defined, reported, and address...

Diabetes

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