Council of Governors Meeting

Elaine HobsonDirector of Operations

9 April 2008 Agenda Item 7Relates to Domain 5 – Accessible and Responsive Care

Key Target 1

All cancers

National Target/Performance Indicators

Risk Rating

Target 2007-08

Current Position Feb 2008

Cumulative Position

to Feb 2008

Maintain a two week maximum wait from urgent GP referral to first outpatient appointment for all urgent suspected cancer referrals

Low 98% 100% 100%

Ensure a maximum waiting time of one month from diagnosis to treatment for all cancers

Low 98% 99% 99%

Achieve a maximum waiting time of two months from urgent referral to treatment for all cancers

High 95% 89% 96%

Key Target 6

Convenience and Choice

Outpatient & Elective booking Target Achieved

Daycase pre-booked 100%

First outpatient appointments pre-booked 100%

Elective inpatient admissions pre-booked 100%

The percentage of the first outpatient appointments and the percentage of inpatient and daycase admissions that were pre-booked

Key Target 8

Elective patients waiting longer than standard

Measurement of the breaches of the 20 weeks maximum wait target for an elective inpatient or daycase admission

Maximum Waiting Times Target Achieved

Total elective <20 weeks waiters target 0

By March 2008 maximum waiting time < 11 weeks 0

By Dec 2008 maximum waiting time < 10 weeks 0

Key Target 9

Outpatients waiting longer than standard

Reducing Waiting Times Target Achieved

By March 2007 maximum waiting time < 11 weeks 0

By March 2008 maximum waiting time < 5 weeks 0

By Dec 2008 maximum waiting time < 4 weeks 0

Measurement of the breaches of the 11 week target for a first outpatient appointment following GP written referral

Key Target 12

Accident & Emergency Department

Emergency Care Target Actual

Maintain the four hours maximum wait in A&E from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge

98% 98.8%

Percentage of patients waiting 4 hours or less in A&E

Key Target 20

MRSA Bacteraemia

National Target/Performance Indicators

Risk Rating

Target 2007-08

Current Position Feb 2008

Cumulative Position

to Feb 2008

Achieve year on year reduction in MRSA levels expanding to cover other HAIs as data from mandatory surveillance becomes available. There is a public commitment to halve the number of MRSA infection rate by March 2008.

Each acute trust with more than 12 MRSA bacteraemias in 2003-04 will be expected to achieve either a 60% reduction in the number or a maximum of 12 infections in 2007-08

High 20 2 17

Key Target 25

Waiting times for Diagnostic Tests

Maximum Waiting Times Target Achieved

Total elective <13 weeks waiters target 0

By March 2008 maximum waiting time < 6 weeks 0

By Dec 2008 maximum waiting time < 2 weeks 0

Target TargetPerformance

as at Feb 2008

Year end Forecast? or

Emergency 4 hour wait 98% 98.8% All cancers: 2 week wait 98% 100% 31 day – 1 month diagnosis to treatment (Apr–July 07) 98% 99% 62 day – GP urgent referral to treatment (Apr- July 07) 95% 96% Elective patients waiting longer than standard 0 0 Convenience & ChoicePre-booked Daycase, Outpatient appointments and elective Inpatients

100% 100%

Outpatients waiting longer than standard 0 0 MRSA 20 17 ?No of patients waiting >13 weeks for a diagnostic test 0 0

Performance targets