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Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)
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HQIP is an independent charity and partner of the NHS that aims to improve healthcare services & patient outcomes through clinical audit and quality improvement.
📢Tomorrow (13 November), HQIP releases the latest #ClinicalAudit and #QualityImprovement reports.

Stay up to date with the latest findings and future releases by signing up to our mailing list today📝: www.hqip.org.uk/subscribe-fo...
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
November is #PancreaticCancerAwarenessMonth.

The latest report from @npaca-natcan.bsky.social @npca-natcan.bsky.social @hqip.bsky.social highlights the percentage of people who survived for 30 days was 78% (England) and 79% (Wales).

Read the report in full📝: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/634...
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
2/2 The report finds that the proportion of people diagnosed with stage 1/2 lung cancer has continued to increase and is likely to reflect the introduction of the Lung Cancer Screening Programme and other early diagnosis initiatives.

Read the report📲:
hqip.org.uk/resource/nlc...
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
📢 Following an extensive literature review by @hqq-uk.bsky.social, we’ve published an updated guide on managing ethical issues in quality improvement and clinical audit projects.

Access the guide in full here: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/gui...

#QualityImprovement #HealthcareEthics
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Are you passionate about improving healthcare quality and patient outcomes across the UK❓

We currently have two exciting opportunities available at HQIP:
👉Medical Director
👉Procurement Manager

Find out more📲: www.hqip.org.uk/about-us/wor...

@nhs.uk @nhsenglandldn.bsky.social #HealthcareCareers
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The National Joint Registry has recently published its 22nd Annual Report.

The report shows a continued reduction in joint revision surgery, evidence that implants are lasting longer, and that outcomes for patients have improved year-on-year.📈

Read more here👉: www.hqip.org.uk/news/njr_ann...
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) is recruiting members for its new Scientific Advisory Group, which is an opportunity to help shape research in falls and fragility Fractures.

Click here for further information and how to apply📲: rcp.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📰OUT NOW: HQIP eBulletin - October 2025

Discover the latest data-informed healthcare improvement news.

Click here to read it now📲: mailchi.mp/hqip.org.uk/...

#Clinicalaudit #Qualityimprovement #Healthcare
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
2/2: This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the way data is used to improve patient outcomes, strengthen multidisciplinary leadership, and represent the voice of clinicians and patients in national discussions.

📲https://hqip.org.uk/news/medical-director-vacancy/

#HealthcareLeaders
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEW CASE STUDY from #CAAW25 Influencing Change category runner-up, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) & KiActiv, which showcases how they used clinical audit data to evaluate and improve #PostCovid Syndrome care.

📲 www.hqip.org.uk/news/case-st...

#LongCovid #Covidaudit
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
📝 National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) @hqip.bsky.social have recently published a new report on #neonatal care, which finds that the proportion of very preterm babies who die before discharge is unchanged from 2023 at 6.4%.

For more findings, read in full: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/580...
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
NEW: If you are interested in #musculoskeletal #orthopaedic care, don't miss this report from @rcphysicians.bsky.social @hqip.bsky.social: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/588_naif-fffap. This must-read introduces statistics that describe the age, sex and multiple deprivation of patients for the first time.
October 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
1/2 NEW Vacancy: HQIP Medical Director, 2 days p/w

We recently announced Prof. Danny Keenan is retiring, so we're recruiting an outstanding #MedicalDirector to build on the strong foundation he's established.

Influence national practice and help shape the future of #audit and registry programmes.
October 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
1 in 4 adults are living with #obesity, increasing the risk of #diabetes, heart disease & #stroke. Find out how @hqip.bsky.social is supporting patients to guide national @nhs.uk obesity #healthcare, in this interview with Aurora, one of our patient advocates: www.hqip.org.uk/national-obesity-oct25
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
NEW report from @ncepod.bsky.social @hqip.bsky.social reviews care in hospital for adults with abnormal levels of #bloodsodium, finding that timely and appropriate identification, and investigation, consistent recording and effective communication are important: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/618_ncepod
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
1/3 HQIP announces that Professor Danny Keenan will be retiring from his role as HQIP Medical Director in the new year.

Danny has served as Medical Director since 2013, providing outstanding leadership, clinical insight, and an unwavering commitment to improving patient care.
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Did you see? The latest audit report on #respiratory care shows that the most common reason for readmission remains an acute exacerbation of #asthma or #COPD – the same condition that led to the initial hospital admission.

Read the full report here: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/551-nrap
October 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
1/2 NEW #EmergencyLaparotomy report from National Emergency Laparotomy Audit #NELA and
HQIP:
✅30-day mortality has dropped to its lowest level in 10 years of audit, and postoperative length of hospital stay fell back to a median of 10 days (compared to 11 days in Year 9).
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
2/2 Did you know that, as well as implementing patient voice in our own work, we support other organisations to develop their patient and community engagement too? Here's how:
www.hqip.org.uk/services/ppi/

#HDRUKConference #HealthResearch #PatientInvolvement #PatientVoice #PPI
October 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📝NEW: National Early Inflammatory #Arthritis Audit (NEIAA) & @hqip.bsky.social report on #RheumaticDiseases shows improved treatment access, with 60% of patients receiving disease-modifying antirheumatic drug treatment within 6 weeks of referral.

⬇️Read it here:
www.hqip.org.uk/resource/583...
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today and tomorrow, we're at @HDR_UK Conference.

View our poster ‘The power of a good patient and public voice in the data access review process’ and talk to our Data Protection Officer Desislava Staykovska in the poster session in Hall 2, 5-6pm today.

#HDRUKConference #PPI #PatientInvolvement
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
October 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
“The proportion of people diagnosed with stage 1 or 2 bowel cancer in England and Wales has gradually increased”.

Read the latest #bowelcancer report from @nboca-natcan.bsky.social: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/639-nboca

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October 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Since the audit began in 2018/19, performance has improved across most NICE quality standards, with progress needed on access and waiting times (England) and cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (Wales).

Explore the full report📲 hqip.org.uk/resource/nca...

#MentalHealth @rcpsych.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Calling all #healthcare professionals📢

NEW #clinicalaudit #qualityimprovement resources PUBLISHED TODAY by @hqip.bsky.social on:

➡️Respiratory care
➡️ Neonatal care
➡️ Arthritis
➡️ Inpatient falls
➡️ Emergency laparotomy
➡️ Abnormal blood sodium levels
➡️ Bowel cancer
➡️ Prostate cancer
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM