SSNAP is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) as part of their National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).

HQIP is led by a consortium of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and the Royal College of Nursing. Its aim is to promote quality improvement in patient outcomes, and in particular, to increase the impact that clinical audit, outcome review programmes and registries have on healthcare quality in England and Wales. HQIP holds the contract to commission, manage, and develop the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), comprising around 40 projects covering care provided to people with a wide range of medical, surgical and mental health conditions.

The programme is funded by NHS England, the Welsh Government and, with some individual projects, other devolved administrations and crown dependencies.