Quality improvement

This exciting post will involve leading the development and roll out of The National Children and Young People with Diabetes Quality Programme which is a three-year initiative across England and Wales, funded directly by Trusts and Health Boards.

We’re pleased to see infants, children and young people placed front and centre of the NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019. The Plan contains a number of measures which will, if implemented, make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of children and help to achieve our vision for t...

The post holder will be responsible for planning and conducting the Peer Reviews, as part of the delivery of the Quality Assurance project within the programme, and will ensure consistent high standards of service.

This report is the first formal output of Round 3 of the Epilepsy12 audit. It describes the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services for children and young people in England and Wales, as at April 2018.

We are approaching the end of our first year of a quality improvement intervention in Rwandan district hospitals. RCPCH Global reflects on the successes and challenges of saving lives at birth in one of the world’s poorest countries.

Our National Children and Young People's Diabetes Quality Programme is starting to make impact across NHS paediatric diabetes units in England and Wales. In particular, our pilot QI Collaborative demonstrated the impact of a whole-team managed course in quality improvement. We are now recruiting pae...

Bringing together multi-professional neonatal unit staff, neonatal network teams, parents, clinical audit and effectiveness teams and commissioners. Join us to share best practice from local quality improvement projects, learn about current research and models of care and consider how QI methods can...

Mandy Lisle, a midwife working in our Rwandan Obstetric Care Programme in the country's capital city, tells us about the efforts of local health professionals and our 'Global Links' mentors to improve the care for mothers and babies.

Sebastian Gray, a consultant in Salisbury, explains why working in child health is like being part of a big family, and how to spot the paediatricians in your hospital (hint: they may not drive the fanciest car).

The following case study from Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust was included in the 2018 annual report on 2017 data, and highlights how NNAP results can be used as a basis for identifying, and undertaking, local quality improvement activities.