National Neonatal Audit Programme: 2012 Neonatal Care Quality Data

UK data from the 2012 National Neonatal Audit Programme annual report assesses the consistency and quality of care for babies admitted to neonatal units. The dataset is published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership and is available in XLS format. It was last updated on the platform in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking neonatal unit performance based on audit criteria mentioned in the description
• Analyzing trends in neonatal care quality based on the 2012 audit data
• Supporting healthcare quality improvement initiatives using the reported audit findings

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a national clinical audit programme covering neonatal units.
• Accompanied by an annual report to support data interpretation, as noted in the description.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description advises data requires careful interpretation and should not be used in isolation.

Provenance

Source

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership

Collection Method

Clinical audit data collected from neonatal units.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 13:20:59.175580; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom