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 the Epilepsy QI Programme and 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.

Find out more on our QI and patient safety pages.

Recent content

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UK Paediatric Early Warning Systems (PEWS)

The RCPCH is committed to supporting patient safety and improvement across the UK, including support for introducing and embedding Paediatric Early Warning Systems (PEWS) within the four nations. A Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) is designed to effectively recognise and respond to the deteri...
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RCPCH EQIP - Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme

The RCPCH Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP) ran from June 2019 to 2024 as the first paediatric epilepsy QI collaborative in England and Wales. It supported epilepsy service teams in England and Wales to identify and implement sustainable improvements within their services for children an...
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S.A.F.E. Toolkit Module 3 - From reaction to anticipation

Bringing the work of the previous modules, we can now look to implement one of the core S.A.F.E interventions, the huddle. This really embeds situation awareness on the ward. It embodies open communication of the current situation, including identification of the sickest patients as well as those wh...