§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the clinical indicators announced on 9 July 1997 were adopted as performance measures. [24571]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Department published a consultation paper to the national health service in July 1997 which proposed a set of 15 clinical indicators. Following consultation six indicators were published in "Quality and performance in the NHS: Clinical Indicators" in June 1999 and in "Quality and performance in the NHS: NHS Performance Indicators" in July 2000.
The six indicators published were:
- Deaths in hospital following surgery
- Deaths in hospital following a fractured hip
- Deaths in hospital following a heart attack
- Readmission to hospital following discharge
- Returning home following treatment for a stroke
- Returning home following treatment for a fractured hip.