NQMC Update Service: July 4, 2016 || Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

NQMC Update Service: July 4, 2016

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

• Epilepsy: percentage of all children, with evidence of appropriate first paediatric clinical assessment.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children diagnosed with epilepsy with documented evidence of communication regarding water safety.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children diagnosed with epilepsy, who still had that diagnosis at 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children given carbamazepine, in whom there were no defined contraindications.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children meeting defined criteria for paediatric neurology referral, with input of tertiary care by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children who had an EEG in whom there were no defined contraindications.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with convulsive seizures, with an ECG by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with defined indications for an MRI, who had MRI by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with defined indications for an MRI, who had MRI or CT by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy who were commenced on antiepileptic drugs referred for input by an epilepsy specialist nurse by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy who were commenced on antiepileptic drugs, with input by a consultant paediatrician with expertise in epilepsies by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy, referred for input by an epilepsy specialist nurse by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy, with epilepsy syndrome by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy, with epilepsy syndrome or category identifiers by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy, with input by a consultant paediatrician with expertise in epilepsies by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy, with seizure classification by 1 year.

• Epilepsy: percentage of females over 12 years given antiepileptic drugs, who had documented evidence of discussion of pregnancy or contraception.