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Clinical audit for improvement

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The challenge of modern-day clinical audit for clinicians

Dr Aklak Choudhury explores challenges clinicians face with audits, the overlap with QI, and how better systems can support meaningful quality improvement.

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Sick, Elderly and Sad: Confronting corridor care in acute medicine

In this conversation, Dr Vicky Price and Dr Chris Subbe discuss their recent paper on the realities of corridor care in UK hospitals.

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Clinical Audits in Practice: Lessons from Parkinson’s UK

In this interview, Kim Davis, Clinical Audit Manager at Parkinson’s UK, discusses the UK Parkinson’s Audit—one of the few national clinical audits led by a charity

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Improving End-of-Life Care: Insights from NACE

Dr Mary Miller introduces the National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL), which evaluates the quality of hospital care provided to patients at the end of life.

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Meet our Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2025 winners

This year’s entries were incredibly strong and being shortlisted is a real achievement. Whether through pioneering research, digital innovation, equity of care or compassionate frontline practice, each project tells a story of impact, of lives improved, and of care delivered with excellence.

Meet our 2025 winners

Upcoming webinars

Wednesday 23 July 2025: 3:30pm - 4:30pm.

Improving Medication Safety in Acute Care: A QI Approach to Polypharmacy

Polypharmacy is a growing challenge in acute care, particularly among older adults. Over 51% of older people are prescribed at least one potentially inappropriate medicine, yet fewer than 10% have a medicine stopped during hospital admission - and almost always only after harm has occurred.

This webinar utilises the Royal College of Physicians, Acute Care Toolkit, Managing Multiple Medications - developed to help clinicians identify inappropriate prescribing and support safe, timely deprescribing.

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Medical Care - driving change improvement community

Royal College of Physicians are launching the Medical Care - driving change improvement community and we’re keen for you to be part of it.

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Features

Behind the paper

The "Behind the Paper" series provides thorough analyses of healthcare improvement projects. These stories underline how critical patient-centered care and cooperative quality improvement initiatives are.

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Book club

Dr Josephina Price hosts our book club, which features discussions with writers on healthcare issues. Discussing end-of-life care, aging, and healthcare misinformation, former visitors include Dr Kathryn Manni and Dr Lucy Pollock

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Digital firsts

Digital First series explores how digital innovation is reshaping healthcare. It showcases tools, technologies, and training that support clinicians in delivering more efficient, and accessible care through digital solutions.

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Green stories

Green stories examines how healthcare professionals are including sustainability into clinical practice. Sharing real projects emphasises solutions to lowering environmental effect and enhancing patient outcomes.