We work in partnership with national and charitable bodies, paediatric sub-specialty groups, paediatricians, clinical managers and networks - as well as children, young people and their families - to drive improvements in paediatrics services. Our QI programmes, including , aim to support clinical improvement at both local and national levels.
We support members and the wider child health workforce to be at the forefront of continuous quality improvement through the online sharing hub .
Our enables health professionals to explore patient safety theory, learn about the NHS patient safety syllabus and access summaries of the latest alerts and reports, and our bi-monthly .
Find out more on our QI and patient safety pages.
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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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Patient safety podcast 2 - If we are psychologically safe, children are safer in our care
17 January 2024
Our second episode in this series focuses on psychological safety in healthcare settings. This is the condition in which you feel safe to learn, safe to contribute and safe to challenge the status quo. Featuring Dr Dal Hothi and Dr Jess Morgan.
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Patient safety podcast 1 - How can we build a culture of safety in paediatric healthcare?
10 January 2024
Doctors should 'First, do no harm', but harm is occurring in our healthcare settings. In this series, we speak with leaders in the field on challenging and thought-provoking issues around keeping our children safe in healthcare settings. This first episode features Dr Peter Lachman on patient safety...
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Patient Safety Portal - our website for theory and resources on paediatric patient safety
Our website features the theory and resources of patient safety, including the science of human factors and ergonomics and how to a safe culture. It also has latest alerts and reports on adverse events.
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Our Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme will run another year
8 August 2023
We have been recommissioned by NHS England to continue offering quality improvement training to paediatric epilepsy teams until August 2024. We're now inviting registrations of interest.
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Medicines for Children - information for parents and carers
Our website provides practical and reliable information to parents and carers about giving medicines to their child - with free access to information leaflets on over 200 medicines, videos and news.
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UK Paediatric Early Warning Systems (PEWS)
The RCPCH is committed to supporting patient safety and improvement across the UK, including support for introducing and embedding Paediatric Early Warning Systems (PEWS) within the four nations. A Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) is designed to effectively recognise and respond to the deteri...
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RCPCH EQIP - Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme
The RCPCH Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP) ran from June 2019 to 2024 as the first paediatric epilepsy QI collaborative in England and Wales. It supported epilepsy service teams in England and Wales to identify and implement sustainable improvements within their services for children an...
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QI Central - our website for sharing quality improvement experience and expertise
Our website aims to support child health professionals’ understanding and practice of embedding QI in their work environments. It features resources and examples of interventions in patient-centred care, medicines and systems of care.
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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...