National Neonatal Audit Programme: 2022 UK Neonatal Care Quality Data

2022 data from the National Neonatal Audit Programme assesses the quality of care for babies admitted to neonatal units in the UK. The dataset is published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership and was last updated in July 2026. Data files are available in WEBPAGE and POWER BI formats and require careful interpretation alongside the accompanying annual report.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking neonatal unit performance based on audit metrics mentioned in the description
• Analyzing trends in neonatal care quality based on the 2022 annual report data
• Identifying potential areas for clinical improvement based on audit findings

Strengths

• Data is from a national audit programme covering neonatal units across the UK.
• Accompanied by a detailed annual report to support data interpretation.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, allowing for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data from the NNAP requires careful interpretation and should not be considered in isolation.

Provenance

Source

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership

Collection Method

National audit programme collecting data from neonatal units.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 13:32:42.425643; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom