Take a look at the brand new NHS Performance Tables at:
http://www.doh.gov.uk/tables98/index.htm
What the Tables show
Table 1 shows:
Outpatient appointments
how long patients had to wait for a first appointment
after referral by their GP
the percentage of first outpatient appointments where
the patient did not attend
how quickly patients were seen when they attended a
clinic.
Admissions into hospital
how long non-emergency patients had to wait for
admission
the percentage of non-emergency patients whose
admission was arranged but who did not attend. This
indicator has been included to show that, while
accepting that hospitals can work to improve the
figures, patients can also play their part - for
example, by letting the hospital know if they will not
be attending for treatment
how long non-emergency patients had to wait for a
re-arranged operation, if their operation was cancelled
at the last minute for non-medical reasons.
Table 2 shows how many patients went home on the same day as
their operation.
Tables 3a and 3b show how long outpatients had to wait for a
first appointment after referral by their GP (these are
figures from Table 1, shown separately for 14 medical
specialties).
Tables 4a and 4b show how long non-emergency patients had to
wait for admission (these are figures from Table 1, shown
separately for 14 medical specialties).
Table 5 shows performance against NHS complaints procedures.
It shows how well Trusts are handling complaints, including:
the total number of written complaints about hospital
and community health services (including Ambulance
Services)
the total number of written complaints which were
resolved locally within the performance target time of
four weeks
the total number of requests for convening an
Independent Review.
Table 6 shows Health Authorities' coverage of cervical
screening, breast screening and childhood immunisation
programmes, and care of the elderly.
We are including breast cancer registration and mortality
rates for the first time. This will allow comparison over
time of NHS performance in detecting and treating this
disease. The ratios shown compare actual and expected
registration and mortality rates for each Health Authority.
A ratio higher than 100 shows that the rate is above the
national average.
The indicators on care of the elderly - emergency admission
and delayed discharges of patients - show how well hospital,
community health and social services are integrated.
Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib ALA
Director of Information Resources
School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)
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30 Regent Street
SHEFFIELD
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Tel: 0114 222 5420 or 5214 Fax: 0114 272 4095
The author of Netting the Evidence:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting.html
and Trawling the Net:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/trawling.html
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