§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the publicly available performance measures for(a) PCTs, (b) acute hospital trusts, (c) consultants and (d) departments within acute hospitals. [50793]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 18 April 2002]: In September 2001 for the first time, the Government published 'NHS Performance (`star') Ratings' for all acute trusts. The publication is available on the Department's website: http://www.doh.gov.uk/performanceratings. The ratings are formulated on the basis of performance over 2001–01 using a set of key targets supplemented by a balanced scorecard covering the areas of staff, clinical, and patient focus.
In February this year, we published a third set of 'NHS Performance Indicators', and the first to include a full range of indicators for NHS hospital trusts. The publication is available on the Department's website: http://www.doh.gov.uk/nhsperformanceindicators/2002. The set of indicators chosen for publication was developed through a process of extensive public consultation that included the NHS and the Royal colleges.
376WOur intention is for the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) to take over the publication of 'NHS Performance Indicators' and the 'NHS Performance Ratings', which for future will be brought together into one annual publication covering not just hospitals but all other types of NHS trust including primary care trusts.
To date, we have not published information on the performance of individual departments within acute hospitals, or individual consultants.