Consultation

Consultation, as required by section 258 of the 2012 Act, has been completed with the following organisations:

• The British Medical Association (BMA)
• The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
• PHSMI expert reference group which includes several GPs, secondary care clinicians, service users, commissioners, and representatives from Arm’s Length Bodies 
• The Data Coordination Board (DCB)¹

In addition, and as part of the assurance process, the DCB requested that appropriate consultation be undertaken with the members of the Joint GP IT Committee (JGPITC) to obtain feedback on the technical design of the extraction.

A targeted stakeholder consultation exercise with members of the JGPITC took place between 6 July 2020 – 31 July 2020. The findings of the targeted stakeholder consultation were considered and inform future data extractions. 

Few objections or challenges were raised in response to the consultation exercise. This reflects the extensive professional and other stakeholder involvement in developing the PHSMI data collection.

Wider consultation has been undertaken on what a comprehensive physical health check in primary care includes and therefore what data is required. Guidance was developed by a PHSMI expert reference group which included several GPs, secondary care clinicians, service users, commissioners and representatives from Arm’s Length Bodies.

NHS England also consulted with relevant clinical advisors in deciding which data items should be included in this extract. The SNOMED CT codes that make up the data items have been reviewed and agreed by NHS England Clinical Informatics Advisors.