Surgical Profiles
This is a collaborative project led by Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Information Services Division, with support from NHS Boards, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, and a number of clinical specialty groups.
The aim of the surgical profiles project is to encourage improvements in surgical care by making best use of existing Scotland-wide data sources. The surgical profile itself comprises of a suite of clinical indicators about the surgical care provided by an NHS Board and its hospitals. It is a tool designed to be interpreted and 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.
The statistics are designed to inform a dialogue with each NHS Board about how it is intrepreting and using its data locally. Each NHS Board is asked to provide a formal response to their profile and a clinically led panel reviews the responses, providing feedback to each NHS Board about how the data are being used.
The latest (third) version of the surgical profile was released to Boards in March 2011.
Further information on the surgical profiles project can be found at
http://www.indicators.scot.nhs.uk/SurgicalProfiles/Index.htm
