A Draft National Strategy for Clinical Indicators in
Scotland
About the Draft Strategy
NHSScotland organisations require a range of data to monitor and
to facilitate improvement of the quality and effectiveness of the
clinical services they provide. They are accountable for the
clinical services they provide for patients (clinical governance)
and without such data carrying out this duty is impossible. The
data need to be robust, timely, clearly presented, and embedded in
systems that result in them being used in practice. Since it was
established in 2003, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) has
published a clinical indicators report annually, to provide
information that helps the health service improve the quality of
patient care. Now, NHS QIS is developing a new approach to the use
of clinical indicators. In addition to publishing some clinical
indicators, a wider range of activities will be carried out to i)
support improvements to the data that are available in Scotland,
and ii) help local NHS organisations use this information in a
systematic and consistent fashion. The ultimate aim is to increase
the beneficial impact that such data have on the quality of patient
care.
Published Date: 01 April 2006
