Audits team

Our activities include evaluating the implementation of professional standards and national guidance through clinical audit and highlighting variation to support clinical improvement at local, regional and national levels.

We work in partnership with charitable and professional bodies, as well as children, young people, parents and carers with our �� &Us programme.

We are currently commissioned by the to deliver three national clinical audits as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP):

Additionally, in collaboration with College affiliated specialty groups, we deliver national audits of quality standards:

If you would like to be notified of future audits being delivered by the ��, or have any queries, please contact auditteam@rcpch.ac.uk with your details.

Recent content

Resource

Epilepsy Passport

This downloadable paper record gives essential up-to-date information about a child or young person’s epilepsy. This includes their emergency care plan, medication history and key professional contacts.

Neurology

Epilepsy

Basic page

�� the Epilepsy12 audit

Established in 2009, Epilepsy12 has the continued aim of helping epilepsy services and those who commission health services, to measure and improve the quality of care for children and young people with seizures and epilepsies. Round four is underway.

Clinical guidelines and standards

Adolescent health

Infant health

Quality improvement

Basic page

�� the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA)

The NPDA collects information on the care and diabetes outcomes of all children and young people receiving care from paediatric diabetes teams in England, Wales and Jersey and reports an annual core dataset. The sole aim is to provide information that leads to an improved quality of care for thos...

Clinical guidelines and standards

Document

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...

Quality improvement

Patient safety

Resource

OPEN UK (Organisation of Paediatric Epilepsy Networks in the UK)

OPEN UK is a clinical network connecting NHS Health Boards and Trusts that provide care for children with epilepsies with regional epilepsy networks and a UK Working Group.

General paediatrics

Neurology

Epilepsy

Clinical guidelines and standards

Networks for health services