Effective healthcare is efficient healthcare. The NHS must demonstrate that it is
making the most effective use it can of public money to deliver quality healthcare.
This website is designed to help local NHS organisations do this. It is based around
15 high-level indicators of efficiency that identify potential areas for improvement
in efficiency. These indicators can be used locally to help inform planning, to
inform views on the scale of potential efficiency savings in different aspects of
care and to generate ideas on how to achieve these savings.
The indicators are primarily aimed at commissioners (PCTs) and acute hospital providers
(AHTs). Information for other NHS organisations will be part of the next phase of
this programme. The indicators are published for the first time in October 2006
and will be updated and republished every quarter thereafter.
This website provides information on the indicators and the overall programme. The
indicators are supported by a web-based tool, NHS Indicator Explorer, which has
been developed in partnership with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement,
the Department of Health and Dr Foster Intelligence. More information on the tool
can be found on this site.
Latest News
From Q1 of 2009, the Better Care Better Value indicators will be calculated
using HRG 4 rather than HRG 3.5. While HRG 4 covers more activity than HRG 3.5,
the absence of indicative or non-mandatory tariffs under HRG 4 means that less
activity will have a tariff against it. As a result, organisations may notice
a drop in their productivity opportunity of around 10%. In order to help
organisations understand the impact of the changes, we have run the metrics
using HRG 3.5 as well this quarter to allow comparison.
The Better Care, Better Value indicators reveal the potential to make significant cash or
resource savings whilst improving quality. However, the key issue is what has to be done to
actually realise the benefits. For this reason the NHS Institute has introduced the ‘Converting
the potential into reality’ guides – one is aimed at NHS commissioners and the other is for
provider organisations. These guides contain ten steps that commissioners/providers can take
to use the BCBV indicators to maximum effect to improve quality and increase productivity.
- Converting the Potential into Reality: 10 steps a provider can take to realise the
benefits of the Better Care, Better Value Indicators –
the BCBV guide for providers
- Converting the Potential into Reality: 10 steps a commissioner can take to realise
the benefits of the Better Care, Better Value Indicators –
the BCBV guide for commissioners
Instructions
To download the NHS Indicators, select the area you are interested in from the first
drop-down menu. Alternatively you can select an area from the map.
You can then scroll through the list of indicators in the drop-down menus below.
These are for Acute Hospital Trusts and Primary Care Trusts. By selecting one, you
will download a pdf report.
Select region:
