The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) is a registered charity based in London, with Dr Marisa Mason as the Chief Executive and Ian Martin as the Chair of the Trustees.
[6] It is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership on behalf of NHS England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands to undertake the Medical & Surgical Clinical Outcome Review Programme.
[7] Its 2015 report on gastrointestinal bleed services demonstrated major deficiencies in the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of the condition, and called for 24-hour access to specialists.
It identified factors affecting the quality of care of patients aged 18 years or older with a significant mental disorder who are admitted to a general hospital.
[9] In July 2017 it published a study which found that many patients who needed non-invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure had problems in the quality of their care.