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FFFAP Strategy: Improving quality in Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) services

The Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) is a national clinical audit run by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). It is committed to improving patient outcomes and the efficiency of care that patients with fragility fractures and inpatient falls receive in acute and primary care settings, and to facilitating QI initiatives.

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Bridging the gap: a guide to making health inequalities a strategic priority for NHS leaders

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a guidance document for physicians focused on building understanding of health inequalities and the actions they can take to make this is a bigger priority in their workplace.

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Interim guidance for physician associates working in the medical specialties

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published new interim guidance on the scope, supervision and employment of physician associates (PAs) working in the medical specialties (also known as the physician specialties). 

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NAIF Transparency Data

In his transparency and open data letter to cabinet ministers on 7 July 2011, then prime minister, David Cameron, made a commitment to make clinical audit data available from the national audits within the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP). This data was released in an open and standardised format for the first time in December 2011, and provided annually from then onwards.

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NAIF resource repository

A repository of all resources produced by the National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) for healthcare professionals, patients and carers.

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National Audit of Impatient Falls (NAIF) Webinars

Latest NAIF seminar NAIF 2024 annual report and 2025 expansion

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Acute care toolkit 17: Managing multiple medications

In England, we prescribe over 1 billion prescription items every year in primary care and over 1 million people in this country take 10 or more medicines for their long-term conditions. Almost half of these patients are aged 75 and over.

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NRAP organisational audit 2022-24

The NRAP organisational audit report 2024 details information on the resourcing and organisation of asthma and COPD care in hospitals, and PR services in England and Wales. The data collection for the audit ran from 26 February to 29 March 2024. The audit collected cohort data from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 for admissions information, and here static data snapshots were required, for example number of beds, this was taken from September 2023. Staffing information was contemporaneous snapshot of the data from early 2024. The report uses wholly completed data submitted from 425 hospitals/services in England and Wales. This report includes five national recommendations relevant to key decision makers and commissioners. 

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How a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) can help men who have broken a bone

The leaflet outlines the benefits of a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) for men who have suffered a fragility fracture, emphasising the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to improve bone health and reduce the risk of future fractures. Men are often less likely to seek help after a fracture, despite having a higher mortality rate and potential underlying health issues following a fracture.