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Quality improvement and patient safety

We support our members and the wider child health workforce to be at the forefront of continuous quality improvement, providing opportunities to develop and share QI work and co-produce solutions with children and young people, and their families.
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QI Central

Our quality improvement website features many examples of interventions in patient-centred care, medicines and systems of care, plus modules to explain the QI methodology and science.
Visit QI Central
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Patient Safety Portal

Our patient safety website covers theory and resources on the science of human factors and ergonomics and building a safe culture, plus alerts on adverse events.
Visit Patient Safety Portal
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Medicines for Children

Our website for parents and carers has free, practical and reliable information about giving medicines to their child. You can search by medicine or condition, or see general advice.
Visit Medicines for Children
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Progress+ curriculum resources

Two of the 11 domains in our training curriculum are about QI and patient safety. Trainees and consultants provided tips via short videos and written case studies.
See resources
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Podcasts on safety

We spoke with leaders in the field on the challenging, thought-provoking issues around keeping our children safe in healthcare settings.
Listen to podcasts
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PEWS

We've collaborated with NHS England and Royal College of Nursing on a single national Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS), part of System-wide Paediatric Observations Tracking (SPOT).
About PEWS

More resources on QI and patient safety

Online learning - QI: how to make services work better for you and your patients
Toolkit - Situation Awareness for Everyone (S.A.F.E)
RCPCH Invited review service

News and blogs about QI and patient safety

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