Annual Dataset Freeze 2025 for Level 3 PICUs and transport teams

The Level 3 Admissions, Referrals and Transport datasets for the period 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2024 will be frozen on 03 March 2025; therefore, it is essential that by the close of Sunday 02 March, all event data for this period is complete and all validation queries resolved.  

 For children admitted prior to 31 December 2024 who remain as inpatients on your PICU, please ensure that all daily intervention data up to and including 31 December 2024 is complete.  

 Thank you all for your efforts to work to enter and validate the data. We look forward to publishing the level 3 National Paediatric Critical Care Audit State of the Nation Report 2025 later this year. 

Seasonal Closure 23/12/2024 – 01/01/2025

PICANet, based at the Universities of Leeds and Leicester, will be closed during the academic Christmas holiday.

There will be limited team cover either side of the closure on Friday 20th December and 2 – 3rd January.

We will be back to respond to queries, including technical support queries from Monday 6th January.

In the meantime there is a lot of information available on our website.

Thank you and season’s greetings from the PICANet Team.

Coming soon: PICANet State of the Nation Report 2024

The PICANet State of the Nation Report 2024, covering the January 2021 – December 2023 data collection period, is due to be published on the reports page of our website tomorrow on 12 December 2024. New this year, we have interactive charts with data tables to accompany the report. Keep a look out!

PICANet Data Dashboard updated with Apr – Jun 2024 data

The PICANet Data Dashboard has been updated with provisional data from April – June 2024. Data for the whole of 2023 and January – March 2024 have also been refreshed.

Take a look for insights into PICU and specialist paediatric critical care transport service activity and performance against PICANet’s clinically agreed key metrics.

We are excited to share that we are moving to monthly Data Dashboard updates from November! Thank you to the participating organisations for prompt submission of quality data making this possible.

Scheduled downtime for PICANet Web database on Thursday 03 October, 12 noon – 13:00

We will take the PICANet Web database offline over lunch time on Thursday 3rd October to make a small number of improvements to the validation review tool within PICANet Web.

Please save your work and exit the application before noon, any unsaved work will be lost. Please consider the system at risk until the news item in the PICANet Web database has been removed. Thank you

Scheduled downtime for PICANet Web database on Wednesday 25 September, 09:00 – 17:00

The PICANet team are updating the PICANet Web database to allow use of the SNOMED clinical coding system. To achieve this PICANet Web will be offline/ at risk on Wednesday 25 September from 9am until 5pm.

Please save your work and exit the application before 9am on Wednesday. Any unsaved work maybe lost. Please consider the system at risk until the news item in the PICANet Web database has been removed. Thank you

PICANet Summer Bank Holiday Closure

PICANet will be closed for the Summer Bank Holiday on Monday 26th August and the University of Leeds will also be closed on Tuesday 27th August.

We aim to respond to your queries, including technical support queries, as soon as we can following the closure. Thank you for your understanding.

Interim Data Cleaning Pilot this autumn

PICANet are piloting an interim data clean in Autumn this year for Level 3 PCCUs and Transport Organisations. Tailored feedback on your organisation’s data quality will be provided, focusing on areas where you can have the biggest impact with the aim of reducing the burden on you at the annual clean.

Full details have been sent by email to your unit’s leads, primary contacts and staff who receive validation emails, keep an eye out in your inbox!