Mental Health, Community and Child data Supplier Forum, May 2012 Netta Hollings – Programme Manager
Agenda: Mental Health, Children and Community What we do Our data Our processes
What we do Includes –Data Sets maintenance whole change control process –Log changes –Prioritise (with input from others) –Take through standards approval process as required –Communicate changes and assist with problems –Analysis and Reporting Routine analysis and reporting Ad hoc analysis and reporting Extract production Produce data.gov file Indicators Data linkage Engagement
Stakeholder engagement Data providers System suppliers Commissioners 3 rd parties Policy Clinical and service developments Regulators 3 rd Sector
Data Set Maintenance Looking for early indication of changes required –Policy –Usage –Stakeholders Consultation Information Standards approval process –Evidence –Documentation Answering queries
Testing Design and test data and information –What goes in comes out –Rules are applied correctly –Linkage is performed correctly –Bring on pilot sites –Understand why things fail –Early stages help desk
Analysis and Reporting Data Quality checks Writing rules e.g. data quality, derivations, linkage logic Official Statistics Publications Ad hoc analysis Provide extracts Indicator construction Feedback Support to data providers and customers
Our data Mental Health Minimum Data Set –More granular –Better quality –Payment by Results –NHS and Independent Sector –Consultation on analysis –First publication on new data due November 2012
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies New data set from April 2012 Data set and PbR being developed in tandem First publication due November 2012
Community Data Set Approved for local collection and flow Supporting definitional queries Allied Health Professional Referral to Treatment definitions in three data sets, with analysis to follow No date confirmed for national data flow
Maternity and Child data 3 new data sets –Child and Adolescent Mental Health –Maternity –Child Health Collection mandated from April 2013; flow June 2013 Usable data – April 2014?
Any questions?