NBOCA Quality Improvement Plan
The aim of the NBOCA QI Plan is to involve all members of the multidisciplinary team managing patients with colorectal cancer, covering all areas of the pathway, from diagnosis and peri-operative care, to adjuvant and neoadjuvant oncological management, stage IV disease and end of life care.
NBOCA will be responsible for providing trusts/hospitals/MDTs with relevant metrics across the patient pathway.
NBOCA QI Workshop 2023
NBOCA hosted it’s latest QI workshop at the ACPGBI annual meeting on 3 July: ACPGBI 2023 Programme
The QI workshop generated fantastic engagement with over 75 attendees contributing to the deign of the NBOCA ileostomy closure QI intervention.
We welcome all colorectal MDT members to join us for a showcase of colorectal cancer QI initiatives and the unique selling points of NBOCA at the 2024 ACPGBI annual meeting in Wales.
Introduction to Quality Improvement
Links to organisations providing essential reading and background to Quality
Improvement
| Source | Title |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | RCS and Quality Improvement |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | Quality improvement in surgery |
| Royal College of Radiology | Quality Improvement in Clinical Radiology |
| HQIP | HQIP eLearning |
| Hughes, RG | Tools and strategies for quality improvement and patient safety |
| Health Foundation | Quality improvement made simple |
| NICE | Putting NICE Guidance into practice |
| NHS Wales | Improvement Cymru |
Quality Improvement Methods and Tools
Links to useful Quality Improvement methods and tools including templates
| Source | Title |
| NHS Improvement | Quality, service improvement and redesign (QSIR) tools by stage of the patient pathway |
| NHS Improvement | Quality, service improvement and redesign (QSIR) tools by type of task |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit |
| HQIP | A guide to quality improvement methods |
| East London NHS Foundation Trust | Quality Improvement Resources |
National Quality Improvement programmes
National programmes working to improve the quality of care and use the findings
from the NBOCA to underpin their work
| Source | Title |
| NHS Choices/MyNHS | Performance of colorectal cancer services in England |
| National Clinical Audit Benchmarking | Benchmarked NBOCA data utilised for CQC hospital inspections |
| Getting it Right First Time | Variation in general surgery delivery and clinical practice |