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North West Regional Day

The KQuIP/ UKRR Regional Day is a one off event hosted within the region and brings together the renal community including medical, multi-disciplinary colleagues and patients to consider data provided by the UK Renal Registry, Public Health England and NHSBT with a focus on quality improvement The KQuIP/UKRR North West Regional day, led by Dr Smeeta Sinha on 31st January 2018 brought together the North West renal community  from Merseyside,…

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KQuIP / BAPN paediatric quality improvement day – report now available

The KQuIP / BAPN paediatric quality improvement day  summary report is now available to read online. This day was held in Birmingham on 9th November 2018 and brought together the paediatric renal community to consider and discuss quality improvement in paediatric kidney care across the UK.  Colleagues from the paediatric renal community were involved in developing the programme for the day and the event was CPD accredited…

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KQuIP South West regional day – registration now open

This exciting day being held at the Holiday Inn, Taunton on Thursday 4th October 2018 will bring together the South West renal community to include medical, multi-disciplinary colleagues, commissioners and patients to consider and discuss data provided by the UK Renal Registry, Public Health England and NHSBT.  Colleagues from the South West have been involved in developing the programme for the day and the event has…

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ICECAP Measures – Beyond Clinical Outcomes to a Balanced Measurement Strategy

Measurement and Understanding Workstream, KQuIP Quality improvement (QI) frequently measures how variables change either: To identify and respond to unwanted variation or To measure the impact of implementing a change into day-to-day healthcare practice. It is often used as a bridge between research and day-to-day practice, observing the true effect of implementing an intervention into the real world. Often changes can lead to improvement in clinical…

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