Quality improvement team

We work in partnership with national and charitable bodies, paediatric sub-specialty groups, paediatricians, clinical managers and networks - as well as children, young people and their families - to drive improvements in paediatrics services. Our QI programmes, including Medicines for Children, aim to support clinical improvement at both local and national levels.

We support members and the wider child health workforce to be at the forefront of continuous quality improvement through the online sharing hub QI Central.

Our Patient Safety Portal enables health professionals to explore patient safety theory, learn about the NHS patient safety syllabus and access summaries of the latest alerts and reports, and our bi-monthly RCPCH Safety eBulletin – RCPCH Patient Safety Portal.

Find out more on our QI and patient safety pages.

Recent content

News

On Martha's Rule - patient safety spotlight

By establishing patients' right to an independent review, this new rule now being tested in pilot sites across the country, can improve our ability as health professionals to recognise and respond to deterioration. We look at what this means for infants, children and young people.
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Martha's Rule - about

Martha’s Rule, now being piloted in England, enables staff, patients and their families to seek an independent medical review if they feel their concerns about a patient’s care are not being adequately addressed. This page explains the Rule and how it will be implemented across the UK, and will be r...