Surgical Profiles
The National Summary Report November 2009 
The surgical profiles project was set up by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) and the Information Services Division (ISD) in an attempt to lead to better and more widespread use being made of existing Scotland-wide data sources for supporting improvements in clinical care.
For this project, each NHS Board is given its own surgical profile, comprising of a suite of clinical indicators about the surgical care provided by the NHS Board and its hospitals. The profile is a tool designed to be interpreted/used locally by those providing surgical care in order to stimulate reflection on surgical services – and in doing so to identify opportunities for improving patient care. Each NHS Board is asked to provide NHS QIS with a formal response to its profile, approved by its Clinical Governance Committee, describing how the data are being used locally. A clinically led panel then reviews these responses, providing feedback to each NHS Board about how the data are being used.
Further information on the surgical profiles project can be found at
http://www.indicators.scot.nhs.uk/SurgicalProfiles/Index.htm
