NHS Performance Targets
Local Delivery Plans set out a delivery agreement between the Scottish Government Health Department and each NHS Board, based on the key Ministerial targets. Local Delivery Plans reflect the HEAT Core Set - the key objectives, targets and measures that reflect Ministers' priorities for the Health portfolio. For 2012/13 the targets which set out the 'performance contract' between Scottish Government and NHS Boards are -
- To increase the proportion of people diagnosed with breast, colorectal and lung cancer by 25% by 2014/15.
- At least 80% of pregnant women in each SIMD quintile will have booked for antenatal care by the 12th week of gestation by March 2015 so as to ensure improvements in breast feeding rates and other important health behaviours.
- Reduce suicide rate between 2002 and 2013 by 20%.
- To achieve 14,910 completed child health weight interventions over the three years ending March 2014.
- NHSScotland to deliver universal smoking cessation services to achieve at least 80,000 successful quits (at one month post quit) including 48,000 in the 40% most-deprived within-Board SIMD areas over the three years ending March 2014.
- At least 60% of 3 and 4 year old children in each SIMD quintile to receive at least two applications of fluoride varnish (FV) per year by March 2014.
- NHSScotland to reduce energy-based carbon emissions and to continue a reduction in energy consumption to contribute to the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
- By March 2013, 90% of clients will wait no longer than 3 weeks from referral received to appropriate drug or alcohol treatment that supports their recovery.
- Deliver faster access to mental health services by delivering 26 weeks referral to treatment for specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) from March 2013; reducing to 18 weeks by December 2014; and 18 weeks referral to treatment for Psychological Therapies from December 2014.
- Reduce the rate of emergency inpatient bed days for people aged 75 and over per 1,000 population by at least 12% between 2009/10 and 2014/15.
- No people will wait more than 28 days to be discharged from hospital into a more appropriate care setting, once treatment is complete from April 2013, followed by a 14 day maximum wait from April 2015.
- To improve stroke care, 90% of all patients admitted with a diagnosis of stroke will be admitted to a stroke unit on the day of admission, or the day following presentation by March 2013.
- Further reduce healthcare associated infections so that by 2012/13 NHS Boards' staphylococcus aureus bacteriamia (including MRSA) cases are 0.26 or less per 1,000 acute occupied bed days; and the rate of Clostridium difficile infections in patients aged 65 and over is 0.39 cases or less per 1,000 total occupied bed days.
- To support shifting the balance of care, NHS Boards will achieve agreed reductions in the rates of attendance at A&E between 2009/10 and 2013/14.
Statistics that inform progress against the suite of HEAT targets are reported publicly throughout the year. Performance against all the HEAT targets are brought together in NHSScotland Chief Executive's Annual Reports.
Progress against HEAT targets is now being reported through Scotland Performs.
Please contact the specific health board for details about their local delivery plans or email bill.sim@scotland.gsi.gov.uk