Quality improvement

RCPCH QI Central is our dedicated website to quality improvement in child health, sharing QI projects and posters in medicines, safety, patient-centred care and systems of care

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State of Child Health &Us 2018: Views from the RCPCH &Us network

This special report brings together views of children, young people and families looking at key themes from our flagship report. These include poverty, mental health, communication, PSHE (personal, social and health education), LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and children’s rights.

Community services

Social care

Health policy

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Quality improvement

LGBTQ+

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Understand 101 tool - RCPCH &Us

The 'Understand' model is designed for healthcare professionals to think about the why, how and what every time they work with children and young people.

Community services

Primary care

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Adolescent health

Engaging children and young people

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Voice and choice action pack - RCPCH &Us

Are you thinking about starting an engagement process locally with children and young people? Or looking for the next steps on how to increase your engagement offer? This guide is for you!

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Engaging children and young people

Quality improvement

Service design

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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 2 - Theories of patient safety and application to the programme

In our second module, we look at the theories that underpin the development of a patient safety culture, including some tools and techniques for assessing your culture and working to improve it.

Quality improvement

Patient safety

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S.A.F.E. Toolkit Module 1 - Translating quality improvement into action

Quality improvement (QI) is a process that aims to continually improve the outcomes for children and their parents when they engage with healthcare. QI is the responsibility of all who engage in healthcare.

Quality improvement

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Situation Awareness for Everyone (S.A.F.E) toolkit- introduction

How can we reduce preventable deaths and error in children's hospitals? We worked with 50 sites over four years on the S.A.F.E. programme to develop and trial quality improvement techniques. This toolkit supports child health professionals to use these principles at their sites. It can help improve ...

Quality improvement

Patient safety

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Consultation response to Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future: A draft health and care workforce strategy for England to 2027

26 March 2018

The RCPCH has submitted a response to Health Education England’s consultation Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future: A draft health and care workforce strategy for England to 2027.

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Our approach to global child health

RCPCH Global works with colleagues and partners internationally to share and build expertise - which will advance the quality and scope of global child health care.

Child and adolescent mortality

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RCPCH response to high court ruling on Hadiza Bawa-Garba case

26 January 2018

The RCPCH recognises the substantial impact that decisions by the General Medical Council and the High Court have on medical professionals. This case is tragic for all involved, the child, the family, a nurse and a doctor. The case has also engendered anxiety, anger and bewilderment.