Case Mix Programme (CMP) Research Database
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
287621
Contact name
David Harrison
Contact email
Research summary
Case Mix Programme (CMP) Research Database
REC name
HSC REC B
REC reference
24/NI/0116
Date of REC Opinion
9 Oct 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The Case Mix Programme (CMP) is the national clinical audit of patient outcomes from adult critical care. The CMP has 100% coverage of adult general critical care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and also includes other specialist units, including neurosciences, cardiac and high dependency units.
Data are collected on consecutive admissions to participating critical care units, covering admission to critical care, past medical history, reason for admission to critical care, physiology during first 24 hours of critical care, activity in critical care, and outcome (unit and hospital). Confidential/sensitive patient information is required to provide a national resource for practising, managing and commissioning critical care in the UK, to conduct an audit of patient outcome from general critical care units and to support improvements of standards in critical care.
This application seeks approval of the CMP national clinical audit as a Research Database, under which, research can be conducted by ICNARC or through the sharing of de-identified data with approved researchers/organisations. As the national clinical audit for adult critical care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, data collection is ongoing.
Research programme
The database will support important research in adult critical care covering the following: - epidemiology of critical illness, including specific conditions affecting people admitted to critical care services (e.g. sepsis) - clinical trials - public health - methodological research
Research database title
Case Mix Programme (CMP) Research Database
Establishment organisation
Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC)
Establishment organisation address
Napier House
24 High Holborn
WC1V 6AZ