5. ACTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE
5.1.11 Can the Department provide Better Care,
Better Value indicators for each year from 2006 for all NHS acute
trusts and PCTs? Can the Department indicate savings occurring
as a result of their use, as the first tranche were forecast to
save £2 billion per annum? (Q50)
Answer
1. Tables 50a to 50o (not
printed, available at www. ?) have been produced based on information
prepared for and published by the NHS Institute. They show the
indicator score, national ranking and productivity opportunity
for each Better Care Better Value indicator, per NHS acute trust
and PCT, by quarter for the period in which data has been collected.
More detailed performance indicators are available at www.productivity.nhs.uk.
2. The productivity opportunity is the estimated
annualised value of the potential saving available if all trusts/PCTs
were operating at the benchmark level, for that quarter. A reduction
in the productivity opportunity therefore would mean an improvement
in efficiency, as the gap between actual and benchmark performance
has been reduced.
3. Please note that the benchmark changes each
year, as it is based, for example, on the 25th percentile performing
trust. Therefore the productivity opportunity provides a snapshot
of the potential savings available at a period of time, but is
not intended to provide information on efficiency savings over
time.
4. It cannot be assumed that movement in
the productivity opportunity translates directly into savings
or changes in expenditure.
5. The Better Care Better Value metrics
set out the productivity opportunity available to NHS organisations
in specific areas. They are designed as a supportive tool, enabling
organisations to prioritise their efforts in driving further improvements
in productivity. It will be as a result of that further action
that real financial savings are generated, but these are not monitored
centrally.
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