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The Quality of Nationally Submitted Health and Social Care Data, England, Annual Report, 2014, Experimental Statistics

Official statistics
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Geographic Coverage:
United Kingdom
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Cancer networks, NHS Trusts, Primary Care Organisations, Hospital Trusts, Local Authorities, Ambulance Trusts, GP practices, Dental practices, Pharmacies and clinics, Community health services, Primary Care Trusts, Care Trusts, NHS Health Boards, Hospital and Community Health Services, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Mental Health Trusts, Independent Sector Health Care Providers, Clinical Commissioning Groups
Date Range:
Snapshot on 30 Oct 2014

Summary

This experimental statistical publication relates to the assessment and reporting of the quality of data received by the HSCIC from health and social care organisations.

This is the third annual report on the quality of nationally submitted health and social care data in England.

Highlights

  • This report once again emphasises the importance of good quality data to the health and social care sectors. Both the development of the False or Misleading Information (FOMI) offence, enacted in the Care Act 2014, and the United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) exposure draft report on Quality Assurance and Audit Arrangements for Administrative Data lend weight to the importance of such work
  • Extending the auditing of data quality beyond Payment by Results to other data and services where poor data quality could impact most on direct clinical care has not happened. However, the investigation of possible FOMI offences and the UKSA recommendations regarding audit of administrative data sources should ensure that the extension of data quality auditing is revisited
  • The two case studies in the report show that improving data quality can bring important benefits to significantly different types of stakeholder
  • The majority of HSCIC programme areas asked to report on their data quality assessment methods and reports have made some of that information available on the HSCIC website. However, work still needs to be done on understanding supplier and customer requirements in this area; meeting those requirements in a consistent manner; and ensuring that the information is available for all data the HSCIC receives for which there are nationally published standards
  • HSCIC programme areas have delivered most of the planned changes described in the 2013 report and, where they have been unable to do so, have explained the reasons why
  • Organisations who submit data to the HSCIC remain responsible for the quality of that data and for improving its fitness for operational and strategic use

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