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Talk by Philip Lee from UKCeMGA as part of the Office for National Statistics' consultation on measurement of performance in health. CeMGA is the ONS's Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity, and they are running a series of consultations on the best methodologies to take forward the measurement of performance in public services. Their third consultation, running from 12th December '06 to 3rd April '07, is specifically on the measurement of performance in Health 6pm - 7pm Tuesday 20th March, Lecture Theatre, Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX, For directions see http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=1759 This meeting aims to clarify understanding of the topic and provide an opportunity to discuss issues / questions found in the consultation paper. Comments made at this meeting will not constitute a formal response, which would need to be made in writing to [log in to unmask] before the 3rd of April. However it is a valuable opportunity to talk to Philip Lee from the ONS, especially if you have not attended the recent consultation seminars in London and Edinburgh. Information on the UKCeMGA consultations as a whole can be found at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/data/methodology/specific/PublicSecto r/output/consultations.asp Information on the Health consultation is at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/data/methodology/specific/PublicSecto r/output/Health_consultation.asp The full consultation document is at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/data/methodology/specific/PublicSecto r/output/downloads/Health_consultation.pdf There are several key questions in the consultation document, on "measuring health output and quality" and "public / private sector complimentarity". These are collected in a word document which can be founds at this address. http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=HSUG The key questions are in the last file on the list Alison Macfarlane