§ Baroness Noakesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they propose to take any action in response to the Audit Commission's management paper Data Remember-improving quality of patient based information systems. [HL3565]
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§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe Department of Health welcomes the Audit Commission management paper,Data Remember, as it reflects joint work by the department, Audit Commission and Commission for Health Improvement to improve the quality of National Health Service performance data.
While the ultimate responsibility for data quality lies within the trusts themselves, we are already working with the Audit Commission, Commission for Health Improvement, the Modernisation Agency and the NHS Information Authority better to understand and build upon the results of the report. This includes identifying what can be learned from the findings of the report, improving national performance management of data quality, providing support and guidance to trusts and assuring data quality through accreditation and audit.