National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD)

The NHFD is a national clinical audit project commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and is managed by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) as part of the Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP). It was established in 2007 as a joint venture of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), and is designed to facilitate improvements in the quality and cost effectiveness of hip fracture care.

The audit allows care to be measured against evidence-based standards for the care of patients with fragility fracture and enables local health economies to benchmark their performance in hip fracture care against national data. We hope participation will stimulate organisations to improve both the acute hip fracture pathway of care and subsequent falls prevention and bone health management: with direct benefits to patient care and outcomes, leading to reductions in fracture incidence too.

Project Management:
Elisabeth Fagan, Project manager

If you have any questions, please contact the NHFD audit team helpdesk on 020 3075 2395 or email: nhfd@rcp.ac.uk
(9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday Calls are charged at your standard landline national rate).