Epilepsy12: UK Paediatric Epilepsy Service Audits for 2022

A combined report of organisational and clinical audits for the Epilepsy12 national audit, published in 2022. The audit is delivered by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership. It covers the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services in England and Wales as of November 2022 and the clinical care for a specific patient cohort.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking paediatric epilepsy service organisation across England and Wales based on the national audit structure.
• Analyzing clinical care standards for children with first-time seizure assessments based on the described patient cohort.
• Monitoring temporal trends in epilepsy care quality by comparing this 2022 audit round with previous or future reports.

Strengths

• Data is part of a national clinical audit commissioned by official UK health bodies (HQIP, NHS England, Welsh Government).
• Clinical audit focuses on a defined patient cohort (first assessments between December 2020 and November 2021).
• Report includes both organisational and clinical audit perspectives, providing a dual view of service quality.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its coverage of only England and Wales.

Provenance

Source

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership.

Collection Method

National clinical audit of healthcare for children and young people with suspected epileptic seizures.

Time Range

Organisational data as of November 2022; clinical data for patients with first assessment between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 14:15:07.731880; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales.