Publication / Fit for Purpose

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Publication / Fit for Purpose
Kirsty Anderson Principal Information Analyst
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Publication Consultation

• Existing cancer waiting times statistics need to
  be replaced with a new series of figures
• Consultation document produced to summarise ISDs
  proposals for the new series of official
  statistics due to be published
• Consultation started on 23rd October 2009.
  Consultation document / feedback form emailed to
  various colleagues and published on the ISD
  website
• Consultation closed on 8th January and analysis
  of feedback completed

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Publication Consultation Feedback

• ISD received 31 feedback responses from the
  consultation on publication of new cancer waiting
  times statistics
• Approximately 75 of responses on behalf of the
  whole organisation or as an individual

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Publication Consultation Feedback

• Proposed tables showing performance against the
  62/31
• day target
• 83 of respondents agreed that Tables 1 2 met
  their needs in full

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Publication Consultation Feedback

• Proposed table outline for trend information on
  performance against targets
• 87 of respondents said that they were happy with
  the proposed presentation of trend data

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Publication Consultation Feedback

• Proposed graphs and tables showing the overall
• distribution of waiting times

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Publication Consultation Feedback

• Proposed tables showing exclusions and waiting
• times adjustments
• 79 of respondents agreed with the proposals to
  publish data on exclusions and waiting times
  adjustments

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Publication Consultation (Next steps)

• Further comments made by responders on these
  tables/publication are being considered at
  present
• Working with the Scottish Government
  statisticians to propose recommendations for
  final publication tables/layout
• A paper will be produced for the consideration of
  the National Cancer Waiting Times Delivery Group
• Finalised Consultation Feedback Report will be
  published (March 2010)

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Publication Timeline

• Existing cancer waiting times targets will be
  published up until May 2010
• Communication to Board Chief Executives
  confirming that current data collection for
  existing targets should cease, to focus on the
  publication of new targets in June 2010

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Fit for Purpose

• Publication timeline requires the new cancer
  waiting times data being fit for purpose
• New cancer waiting times information recorded by
  NHS Boards must be of sufficient quality and
  reliability to publish
• Figures showing performance against the new
  targets will first be published on ISDs website
  during June 2010
• ISD Scotland will work with NHS Boards and the
  Scottish Government to monitor the completeness
  and quality of the information submitted by NHS
  Boards

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Fit for Purpose

• Fit for Purpose exercise to monitor the
  completeness and quality of the information
  submitted by NHS Boards
• Work with boards and the Scottish Government to
  assess fit for purpose by
• Seeking advice from the boards, Scottish
  Government, ISD New Ways colleagues, and our
  English and Welsh counterparts
• Produce high-level plan of work activities/tasks,
  for example
• - Quarterly case ascertainment report
• - Calculate cohort/baseline for each cancer
  site
• - Number of Patients Diagnosed During Quarter
  (Actual from SCWaTS)
• - 3 year (2004-2006) Quarterly Average Number
  of Cancer Registrations
• - Estimated Case Ascertainment (actual/cancer
  reg100)
• - Compare with existing CWT targets
  (indicative levels)
• Require boards to re-submit Oct Dec 09 data, in
  order to generate an accurate and complete
  quarterly extract to use as a baseline to analyse
  fit for purpose