National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD)

What's New?

NCEPOD - Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Study report launch!
To attend the report launch of the "Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Study" held on 4th June 2008 at Regents College Conference Centre please click here

NCEPOD - SICKLE study report launch! held on the 21st May 2008 at the UK Forum on Haemogoblin Disorders at Guys Hospital. NCEPOD will be presenting their report at the Forum. Click here for more details.

NCEPOD essay competition - if you are a medical student click here to find out how to enter.

What is NCEPOD?

We aim to review medical clinical practice and to make recommendations to improve the quality of the delivery of care. We do this by undertaking confidential surveys covering many different aspects of medical care and making recommendations for clinicians and management to implement.

What is the NCEPOD classification?

While analysing data for NCEPOD's 'Who Operates When? II' study it was felt that the categories in the NCEPOD classification of operation that were originally defined by NCEPOD in 1988 were no longer sensitive enough. As a result of this, NCEPOD has updated these categories and renamed them 'Classification of Interventions' to provide greater clarity. Please click here to find out more.

What recommendations have NCEPOD made that are still relevant?

NCEPOD have reviewed all of the recommendations that have been made in its reports to 2007 and produced a list of those that remain relevant. This list is available here.

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