More information

Trusts seeking more information about responding to their star rating can click here to go to the Department of Health website.

Performance rating publications include:

• performance ratings 2002 / 2003 trust summary results (acute, specialist and ambulance trusts) ( 184 kb)
• performance ratings 2002 / 2003 trust summary results (primary care, mental health and learning disability trusts) ( 232 kb)

To purchase printed copies of the 2002 / 2003 performance ratings publications click the links below:
Acute, specialist & ambulance trusts
Primary care, mental health & learning disability trusts

or contact:

TSO (The Stationery Office)
PO Box 29
Norwich, NR3 1GN
telephone orders: 0870 600 5522
fax orders: 0870 600 5533
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• trust summary results (572kb)
  
• trust summary results (850kb)
  
  
• detailed table of results for all trusts (2.6MB)
  
• detailed table of results for all trusts (9MB)
  
  
• detailed table of results for acute and specialist trusts (841kb)
  
• detailed table of results for acute and specialist trusts ( 3MB)
  
  
• detailed table of results for ambulance trusts (29kb)
  
• detailed table of results for ambulance trusts ( 179kb)
  
  
• detailed table of results for primary care trusts (1.6MB)
  
• detailed table of results for primary care trusts ( 5MB)
  
  
• detailed table of results for mental health and learning disability trusts (156kb)
  
• detailed table of results for mental health and learning disability trusts (1MB)
  

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Contact

The Commission for Health Improvement welcomes constructive feedback on its work. If you have a comment or query about performance ratings, please contact:

Commission for Health Improvement
Performance ratings
Finsbury Tower
103-105 Bunhill Row
London, EC1Y 8TG
email: performance.indicators@chi.nhs.uk

Detailed information

Further detailed information about the construction or background of some indicators is provided below.

Data quality filter 48kb. This is relevant to the following indicators:

• deaths within 30 days of a heart bypass operation
• emergency readmission to hospital following discharge
• emergency readmission to hospital following discharge for children
• emergency readmission fo hospital following fractured hip
• emergency readmission to hospital following treatment for a stroke
• deaths within 30 days of selected surgical procedures
• psychiatric readmissions (adult)
• psychiatric readmissions (older people)

HES data validation for PCTs 16kb. This is relevant to the following indicators:

• emergency admissions (change in rate)
• primary care management - acute conditions (change in rate)
• primary care management - chronic conditions (change in rate)
• emergency admission to hospital for children with lower respiratory tract (LRT) infections (change in rate)

HES data validation for PCTs (readmission indicator) 9kb. This is relevant to the following indicator:

• emergency readmission to hospital following treatment for a fractured hip

Direct standardisation methodology 48kb. This is relevant to the following indicators:

• death rates from cancer, ages under 75 (change in rate)
• death rates from accidents, all ages (change in rate)
• death rates from circulatory diseases, ages under 75 (change in rate)

Indirect standardisation methodology 56kb. This is relevant to the following indicators:

• emergency admissions (change in rate)
• emergency readmission to hospital following treatment for a fractured hip
• primary care management - acute conditions (change in rate)
• primary care management - chronic conditions (change in rate)
• emergency admission to hospital for children with lower respiratory tract (LRT) infections (change in rate)

Improvement banding methodology 40kb: This is relevant to the following indicators:

• emergency admission (change in rate)
• teenage pregnancy - conceptions below age 18 (change in rate)
• death rates from cancer, ages under 75 (change in rate)
• primary care management - acute conditions (change in rate)
• primary care management - chronic conditions (change in rate)
• death rates from accidents, all ages (change in rate)
• death rates from circulatory diseases, ages under 75 (change in rate)
• emergency admission to hospital for children with lower respiratory tract (LRT) infections (change in rate)

Outpatients/ A&E survey methodology 92kb. This is relevant to the following indicators:

• outpatient A&E survey - access & waiting
• outpatient A&E survey - safe, high quality, coordinated care
• outpatient A&E survey - building relationships
• outpatient A&E survey - clean, comfortable, friendly place to be
• outpatient A&E survey - better information, more choice

PCT survey indicator methodology 84kb. This is relevant to the following indicators:

• PCT survey - access & waiting
• PCT survey - better information, more choice
• PCT survey - clean comfortable, friendly place to be
• PCT survey - safe, high quality, coordinated care
• PCT survey - building closer relationships

Data quality filters (2000-2002) - trust results 2.2MB. This is relevant to the following indicators:

• deaths within 30 days of a heart bypass operation
• emergency readmission to hospital following discharge
• emergency readmission to hospital following discharge for children
• emergency readmission to hospital following treatment for a fractured hip
• emergency readmission to hospital following treatment for a stroke
• deaths within 30 days of selected surgical procedures
• psychiatric readmissions (adults of working age)
• psychiatric readmissions (older people)

PCT age sex specific England rates (2001) 56kb. This is relevant to the following indicators:

• emergency readmission to hospital following treatment for a fractured hip
• emergency admissions (change in rate)
• primary care management - acute conditions (change in rate)
• primary care management - chronic conditions (change in rate)
• emergency admission to hospital for children with lower respiratory tract (LRT) infections (change in rate)