Performance and Outcome Metrics
Measuring our progress
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It is now crucial that we are able to measure and demonstrate our progress.
Whilst PCTs will be developing their own suite of indicators to assess progress against their local strategies, we also agreed to develop a set of regional indicators relating to the eight clinical pathways set out in Healthy Ambitions.
The indicators are based on routinely available data and we believe that together they can act as a starting point for understanding delivery of Healthy Ambitions. As new data becomes available (including those generated through the quality in contracts scheme) we will revisit the dataset and add additional indicators as appropriate.
We have developed a dashboard which presents the data to allow progress to be tracked over time and make comparisons across PCTs. This will be updated each month and published on the SHA website.
Progress against these indicators will be built into the PCT business cycle and in particular we would expect to see:
- Clear read across between improvements on these indicators and the goals set out in the PCTs’ strategic plan and world class commissioning outcomes choices
- The approach to delivery against these trajectories will be set out in the PCTs annual operating plan.
2009-10 will run as a development year and PCTs will determine their trajectories against each indicator locally. Beyond this the indicators will be subsumed more formally into the normal performance management cycle between the Strategic Health Authority and PCTs. This will involve:
- Performance against the indicators will be discussed at the SHA Board
- Individual PCTs performance managed in the usual way through the six month and annual review process.
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