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Quality improvement resources

The RCPCH QIPS Forum and QI team work closely with external partners, including the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges (AoRMC), National Quality Improvement & Clinical Audit Network (NQICAN) and NHS Improvement, leading together on key developments in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in paediat...
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Recipes for Rights - children and young people in the lead - RCPCH &Us

This booklet takes you through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the five articles that children and young people have told us are important to their healthcare. Recipes include; starter activities to break the ice; patient view finders for one-to-one work; and quality improvement act...
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Review of Urgent and Emergency Care Services in Northern Ireland- consultation response

RCPCH welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Department of Health’s Review of Urgent and Emergency Care Services in Northern Ireland consultation in June 2022. This sets out the proposed strategic priorities in response to the Urgent and Emergency Care Review Report, which initially launched in ...
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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...
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S.A.F.E. Toolkit Module 4 - Team perspectives

S.A.F.E teams have shown how the huddle can enable healthcare professionals to communicate effectively, and recognise and respond to the deteriorating child in a timely way. Once the intervention has been implemented, teams have also evaluated their work. This has allowed them to evidence the succes...