National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) is a registered charity based in London. Professor Lesley Regan is the chair.

The organisation started from a pilot study of mortality associated with anaesthesia in five regions in England, Wales and Scotland published in 1982. A joint venture was established between surgery and anaesthesia named the Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths. It became the National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths (NCEPOD) in 1988 and published its first report in 1990. It now covers all specialities and covers near misses as well as deaths.[1]

It is a condition of registration with the General Medical Council as a doctor that registered medical practitioners in the UK must participate in the work of confidential enquiries.[2] The Department of Health and the Scottish Government require NHS Trusts and health boards to participate.[3] It is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership on behalf of NHS England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands to undertake the Medical & Surgical Clinical Outcome Review Programme. [4]

Recent reports

Its 2015 report on gastrointestinal bleed services demonstrated major deficiencies in the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of the condition and called for 24 hour access to specialists. [5]

Its report "Mental Health in General Hospitals: Treat as One" was published on 26th January 2017. It identified factors affecting the quality of care of patients aged 18 years or older with a significant mental disorder who are admitted to a general hospital.[6]

In July 2017 it published a study which found that many patients who needed non-invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure had problems in the quality of their care.[7] There was a high mortality rate - over a third of patients treated with NIV. The British Thoracic Society supported the recommendation for NIV to be administered in a dedicated clinical area in every hospital.[8] Lack of ventilators in hospitals was a common problem, even though a basic machine costs less than £2,000.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "NCEPOD". Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ↑ General Medical Council (2013). Good Medical Practice, section 23a (PDF). GMC. GMC. p. 10. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "The remit of NCEPOD". NCEPOD. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "NCEPOD Medical and surgical outcome review call for topics". HQIP. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "NCEPOD report shows major shortfall in the care of GI bleed patients". Royal College of Anaesthetists. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Mental Health in General Hospitals: NCEPOD report". Health Care Conferences. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Juniper, M; Ellis, G; Smith, NCE; Protopata, KL; Mason, M (July 2017). "Non-Invasive Ventilation: Inspiring Change (2017)". NCEPOD. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Lung Specialists welcome new report into non-invasive ventilation as a milestone to help improve patient care". British Thoracic Society. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Sick patients dying ‘unnecessarily’ in NHS because of poor care The Guardian
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