Health services

Tender description

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is a registered charity led by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, The Royal College of Nursing and National Voices. We were established in April 2008 to promote quality in healthcare, and in particular to increase the impact that clinical audit has on healthcare quality improvement. HQIP is responsible for several national healthcare quality improvement programmes, including managing and commissioning the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) of behalf of NHS England, the Welsh Government and in some cases other devolved authorities as well as the National Joint Registry — the largest orthopaedic registry in the world, which is based at HQIP. The NCAPOP comprises around 40 projects and covers 2 main sub-programmes: the National Clinical Audit Programme and the Clinical Outcome Review Programmes. National clinical audit is an improvement approach to find out if healthcare is being provided in-line with national standards and to compare the clinical outcomes achieved by healthcare individuals and teams. Contracts typically cover the totality of delivery including project design for maximum impact, clinical and methodological leadership, IT platforms, data analysis and QA and report production and dissemination. Through the publication of this PIN, HQIP is making known its commissioning intentions and anticipated tender launch dates for 2016-17 for the following national clinical audit topics: 2016: Cardiac — early July 2016; Anxiety and Depression — early July 2016; Adult and Paediatric Diabetes — early August 2016. 2017: Rheumatoid Arthritis — February 2017; Emergency Laparotomy — February 2017; National Vascular Registry — February 2017; End of Life — March 2017; COPD with Asthma — May 2017; Sentinel Stroke — June 2017; Falls and Fragility Fracture — June 2017.