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Patient safety podcast 3 - How do we improve how we learn from harm?
24 January 2024
It is not enough to collect data on harm occurring to children in healthcare settings. We need the data to be robust, comparable across the NHS and for it to be transformed into effective, meaningful changes in outcome. In this episode, we speak with Professor Damian Roland.
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NNAP webinar recording January 2024: Ensuring data completeness
The National Neonatal Audit Programme team hosted this short webinar to support those entering and quality assuring their NNAP data. It was an opportunity to learn more about why we ask units to validate their data for certain metrics and how this can be done. There is also a Q&A session towards the...
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NNAP conference 2023 presentations
On 4 October 2023 the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) held its annual conference. Although we planned to deliver this as a hybrid event, it was fully virtual due to transport issues. Delegates had the opportunity to listen to experts in the field and neonatal teams involved in quality impro...
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to Patient Safety Commissioner’s recommendations on Martha’s Rule
3 November 2023
This week the Patient Safety Commissioner wrote to Health Secretary, Steve Barclay outlining her recommendations for Martha’s Rule.
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New tool for spotting deterioration in children released for roll out in England
3 November 2023
Paediatricians and other child health professionals based in England can now start transitioning towards using the new inpatient Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) chart which has been released by NHS England for use today.
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National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) - information for parents and carers
The NNAP looks at the care babies receive if they are born early or unwell and need to be admitted to a neonatal unit. Watch our animated video to understand how the audit works, what data we collect and what resources we provide. And see links to sources of support.
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Epilepsy12 frequent reporting dashboard
Our clinical audit aims to improve the quality of care for children and young people with seizures and epilepsies in England and Wales. The interactive dashboard on this page shows data on our key performance indicators and is updated each month.
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Contributing for improved outcomes across Wales
17 July 2023
Dr Nick Wilkinson, Â鶹´«Ã½ Officer for Wales talks about his experience of contributing to a Senedd review of Pupil Absence. He shares the potential of other current and upcoming work in Wales designed to create improved outcomes. In doing so, he signposts key information to help inform practice and s...
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National Reviews of Maternity and Neonatal Care: Supporting the perinatal team to implement recommendations - report
This report, originally published in June 2023 and revised in August 2023, offers guidance to help local and network perinatal teams in implementing recommendations from the national reviews of maternity and neonatal care. It covers four themes: family experience, neonatal workforce, safety and lear...