February Newsletter
2025 Data Collection Fully Closes this Week!
The Annual Death Data Collection element of the audit will close this Friday, 28th February 2026.
Please ensure that this element is completed for each NACEL submission. If your organisation has more than one submission, the Annual Death Data Collection must be completed separately for each submission.
Please note: No extensions will be granted. A sense check of submitted data will be undertaken once the data collection period has closed.
Click below to view the data specification for this audit element.
QI Webinar!
Do you want to better understand your NACEL data? Join us for a QI webinar, with guest speaker Dr Sabrina Bajwah, looking at the equitable care sections of the 2024 State of the Nations Report and how to use the DIT to look at and interpret your equitable care data. This session will take place on Thursday 23rd April, 12-1:30pm via Teams. Register below:
Patient and Carer Data Tool Drop-In Session
In 2025, a newly developed Patient and Carer Tool was developed alongside a group of bereaved relatives, showcasing some of the NACEL data to the public, by region or country. This tool can be found here www.nacel.nhs.uk/patients-and-carers-data.
In 2026, the tool will be redeveloped and will allow the public to see NACEL data for their local hospital. This means that your patients and their loved ones, amongst others, will be able to view some of your data via the NACEL website, a publicly available platform. A lot of work has been going on with national, regional, and local stakeholders including members of the public to develop this tool. In the coming months, more communications will follow with specific recommendations for action at a hospital level.
Join us for a drop in session focusing on Phase 2 of the Public Facing Tool which will take place Tuesday, 12:30-1:30pm, 21st July 2026. Register below:
Dashboard Data Update
Now on the Data and Improvement Tool Dashboard view, users are able to view their January 2025 - December 2025 data.
Below you can see a screenshot of the page from the tool. Please go into the Dashboard tab, select 'January 2025 - December 2025', and here you will be able to select your local hospital/site and view your data from the past year. Please note: Data will be not considered final until March/April.
As a reminder, users are also able to see hospital/site data against the results of the NACEL 2024 State of the Nations Report, published in 2025, by looking at the January 2024 - December 2024 tab.
If you seek log-in access, please register here. You will be prompted to verify your email and the request will then arrive into the Admin's inbox, which should be the NACEL audit Project Lead for your Trust/Health Board.n.
NACEL at the Palliative Care Congress
Look out for NACEL Clinical Lead, Dr Mary Miller, and NACEL Quality Improvement Clinical Advisor, Dr Rosie Bronnert, who will be highlighting some preliminary 2025 findings at the Palliative Care Congress on 26-27 March 2026!
Further Information
For more details about the National Clinical Audit programme, visit the NACEL Portal.
Reach out to the NACEL Support Team at nhsbn.nacelsupport@nhs.net if you have any questions or need assistance.