Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme

Key Points

• The Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme (PQIP) is a multidisciplinary initiative to evaluate the quality of care and outcomes of patients undergoing surgery in the UK National Health Service (NHS).

• PQIP enrolls patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery and measures complications, failure to rescue, and patient-reported outcomes.

• PQIP aims to develop a high-quality database of perioperative risk and process and outcome data.

• PQIP aims to support local and national quality improvement initiatives focused on the perioperative care of patients.