National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) is a registered charity based in London, with Dr Marisa Mason as the Chief Executive and Ian Martin as the Chair of the Trustees.[1] [2] The organisation started from a pilot study of mortality associated with anaesthesia in five regions in England, Wales and Scotland published in 1982. A joint venture was established between surgery and anaesthesia, named the Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths. It became the National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths (NCEPOD) in 1988 and published its first report in 1990. It now covers all specialities and covers all outcomes as well as deaths.[3]

It is a condition of registration with the General Medical Council as a doctor, that registered medical practitioners in the UK must participate in the work of confidential enquiries.[4] All NHS Trusts in England are required to participate in NCEPOD studies as part of Quality Accounts.[5] The Department of Health and the Scottish Government require NHS Trusts and health boards to participate.[6] It is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership on behalf of NHS England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands to undertake the Medical & Surgical Clinical Outcome Review Programme.[7]

  1. ^ "About >Trustees". www.ncepod.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. ^ "NCEPOD - National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death".
  3. ^ "NCEPOD". Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ^ General Medical Council (2013). Good Medical Practice, section 23a (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 19 July 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "NHS England".
  6. ^ "The remit of NCEPOD". NCEPOD. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. ^ "NCEPOD Medical and surgical outcome review call for topics". HQIP. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2017.