Table 2.

Confidential enquiries into other health outcomes and their follow‐up studies in the United Kingdom (UK)

Confidential enquiry	Follow‐up study setting	Scope of the study	Method of data collection	Conclusion	Time gap
National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicides (2001)	NHS in England and Wales	Key service recommendations from the NCISH report (2001)	Survey of service provision which enquired about availability of aspects of service and implementation of certain policies	Of the 12 recommendations, 7.2 per service were implemented by 2006	5 y since the publication31
National Confidential Enquiry—Acute Kidney Injury (2009)	All adult intensive care units in UK	Whether NCEPOD report was influential to their practice	Online survey	Low level of nephrologists’ input in intensive care units in UK	A few months since the publication of the report32
National Confidential Enquiry into Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage	All neurosurgical units in UK and Ireland	Key recommendations from the report and two other guidelines	A telephone interview with a registrar working on the ward	In majority of centres, recommendations were currently in practice. There were significant improvements in care	6 mo after publication of report33
National Confidential Enquiry into Parenteral Nutrition (2010)	Hospitals of Northern Nutrition Network in UK	Care of patients on parenteral nutrition	A simplified version of the audit tool used by NCEPOD inquiry team	Improved practice	3 y after the publication45
National Confidential Enquiry into Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2004)	District general hospitals in North East England	Key recommendations from the NCEPOD report	A questionnaire to all patients who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) during 3‐month study period	Good adherence to key recommendations	5 y after publication of report46