Our News

A recent paper has been published on the role of NEWS, a National Early Warning System, in detecting clinical deterioration in adults.  The study aimed to explore the feasibility of measuring the NEWS in care homes and describing the distribution…

A study evaluating the type and cost of clinical services delivered for patients with lymphoedema whilst in hospice care has recently been published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). This work was designed by NEQOS, who specified the dataset and…

The AHSN North East and North Cumbria Population Health and Healthcare Surveillance Report, developed by the North East Quality Observatory Service (NEQOS), supports those involved in healthcare in understanding the main challenges across the North East and North Cumbria region. Click on…

  This April we in NEQOS will be celebrating our 10th birthday. In the 10 years since its inception NEQOS has gone from strength to strength and now provides epidemiological and analytical support to NHS organisations across the North East…

NEQOS are currently interviewing clinicians in four subscribing Trusts as part of their Health Foundation-funded Advancing Analytical Capability project titled ‘Can interactive data visualisation help clinicians improve the quality of care?’ We will be running an event in May to…

Subscribers to NEQOS have received the latest patient experience improvement dashboard, focussing on the National Maternity Services Survey. This dashboard is the final in a series of three, analysing patient experience, based on national surveys: 1 Adult Inpatient Survey –…

Patients with Suspicion of Sepsis (SOS) are important both in terms of their resource use and the outcomes for these patients.  There continues to be a national focus on sepsis and SOS due to its high mortality. This resource has…