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
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