Authors:
- Dr Rachael Brooks and Dr Eleanor Warwick, PQIP Fellows and Anaesthetic Registrars, University College London Hospital
- Dr James Bedford, former PQIP fellow and Consultant Anaesthetist, University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Professor Ramani Moonesinghe, PQIP Chief Investigator
In 2023, the Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme (PQIP) is launching new postoperative morbidity variable life adjusted display charts (pomVLAD) for all sites recruiting patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Having previously been run as a pilot study in 10 hospitals, the quality-improvement dashboard has been refined and will now provide all sites with near-real time, risk-adjusted morbidity monitoring accompanied by the display of a number of key enhanced-recovery quality-improvement (QI) targets.
For sites recruiting patients of other surgical specialties, there is also a newly developed QI dashboard which does not incorporate risk-adjustment. Dr James Bedford explains how they can be used to stimulate QI initiatives in your local hospital.