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Dudley Beacon and Castle PCT

Primary care services performance rating		1 star
Mental health services performance rating		2 stars

Primary care services

Key target
Access to a GP	ü
Access to a Primary Care Professional	ü
Number of inpatients waiting longer than the standard	ü
Number of outpatients waiting longer than the standard	ü
Total time in A&E	x
Single Telephone Access - Implementation Plans	ü
Four-week smoking quitters	ü
Improving Working Lives	ü
Financial Management	ü

Legend
Achieved	ü
Under achieved	-
Significantly under achieved	x
Not applicable	N/A

Access to quality services
Emergency readmission to hospital following treatment for a fractured hip	3
Substance Misuse - Percentage of GP practices in a shared care scheme	3
Sexual health - Access to services for early unintended pregnancy	3
Level of 24 hour access to specialist mental health services	3
A&E Emergency admission waits (12 hours)	5
Twelve month heart operation waits	5
Delayed transfers of care	3
Access to NHS Dentistry	5
PCT Survey - Access and waiting	3
PCT Survey - Better information, more choice	3
PCT Survey - Building closer relationships	3
PCT Survey - Clean, comfortable, friendly place to be	2
PCT Survey - Safe, high quality, coordinated care	3
Prescribing of atypical antipsychotics	1

Legend
Significantly below average	1
Below average	2
Average	3
Above average	4
Significantly above average	5
Not applicable	N/A
Data not available	A
Data not provided	B

Improving health
Death rates from circulatory diseases, ages under 75 (change in rate)	3
Death rates from accidents, all ages (change in rate)	3
Death rates from cancer, ages under 75 (change in rate)	3
Breast Cancer Screening	2
Cervical Screening	2
Flu Vaccinations	2
Teenage pregnancy - Conceptions below age 18 (change in rate)	3
Diabetes services baseline assessment	1
CHD Audit	1
Suicide audit	1

Service provision
Emergency admissions (change in rate)	3
Emergency admission to hospital for children with lower respiratory tract (LRT) infections (change in rate)	3
Primary Care Management - Acute conditions (change in rate)	3
Primary Care Management - Chronic conditions (change in rate)	3
Community equipment	a
Patient complaints procedure	3
Prescribing rates of antibacterial drugs	2
Prescribing rates for drugs acting on benzodiazepine receptors	3
Staff opinion survey	2
GP Appraisal	5
Sickness absence rate	3
Fire, Health and Safety	3
Generic prescribing	2

Mental health services

Key target
Assertive Outreach Team implementation	ü
CMHT integration	ü
Mental Health Minimum Dataset implementation	ü
Number of outpatients waiting longer than the standard	ü
Improving Working Lives	ü
Hospital cleanliness	ü
Financial management	ü

Clinical focus
Clinical negligence	n/a
CPA systems implementation	1
Psychiatric readmissions (adults of working age)	3
Psychiatric readmissions (older people)	n/a
Suicide rate	2

Patient focus
Transition of care between adult Services and OPMH	5
Transition of care between CAMHS and adult Services	5
Patients with copies of their own Care Plan	1
Patients complaints procedure	3
Better hospital food	5
Privacy and dignity	5

Capacity and capability
Missed outpatient appointments	3
Crisis Resolution Team implementation	4
Out of catchment area treatments (adults)	3
Out of catchment area treatments (older people)	1
CAMHS service mapping	2
Data quality	5
Staff opinion survey	3
Junior doctor's hours	5
Consultant appraisal	b
Sickness absence rate	5
Information governance	n/a
Fire, health & safety	3

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