CRANE Database 2019 Annual Report 

Click on the front cover of the report below to download your copy

This version (1.3) was released on 25 May 2022, and included a correction of the point on speech difficulties in the summary table, on Speech at 5 years of age (Chapter 8) on page 30.

The Cleft Registry and Audit NEtwork (CRANE) is a national clinical audit run by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS).

This report presents results from the prospective audit of children born with cleft lip and/or cleft palate between 2000 and 2018, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• A Summary of Findings for Patients and Parents/Carers is also available to download.
• You can also download an infographic of the key findings here.

For more information about CRANE, please visit our Resources page and our FAQs for professionals and the public.

If you have any queries about the audit, please contact us.

Published 12 December 2019