Effective use of data in developing job plans

The key components

DemandPotential capacity

Delivery of

activityActual activity

Establish demand

NHS Plan – sets broad NHS-wide objectives

LDP – developed in health economy and reflects NHS Plan objectives

Outline of activity required

Modernisation needs

NICE guidance

Technology appraisal guidance

Identify potential capacity

Clinic numbers weekly

Clinic templates

Operating lists weekly

Operating schedule

Number of times per year weekly timetable performed

Identify actual activityActivity data

HRG costs

Extra contractual activity

Plan effective delivery of activity

Identify gap between demand and capacity

Manage risks

Workforce information – current and expansion aims

Capital development plans

Clinical alliances

Job plan appropriately

Information framework - overview

Brings together salient information

Can be adapted for different specialties

Doesn’t form a prescriptive model for data

Is dynamic

Information framework - 1

Demand, capacity and activity data

• Performance targets

• Activity assumptions

• Activity data (FCEs etc)

• Extra contractual activity

• HRG costs

• Referral data

Information framework - 2

Governance arrangements

• Complaints

• Patient surveys

• Risk management

• Legal claims

• Clinical governance plans

Information framework - 3

Modernisation (service improvement andorganisational development)

• Modernisation initiatives e.g.

- Hospital at Night- Access- Booking etc

Information framework - 4

Workforce

• Existing staffing arrangements

• Consultant expansion data

• Other medical staff expansion data

• Other staff expansion data

• New ways of working

• Teaching commitments

• Other professional activities

• Locum/agency spend

Information framework - 5

Clinical developments

• Business cases

• Individual consultant objectives

• Clinical audit

• NICE guidance

• Technology appraisals

• Interventional procedures

Information framework - 6

Environment

• Infection control requirements

Capital developments

• Impacting capital plans

Strategic partnerships and clinical networks

• Clinical alliances and networks

Remember Corporal Jones…….

DON’T PANIC !!!!

• Identify key objectives

• This is a year-on-year process

• Need to build data set over time– for each specialty/directorate

• Work with managers and systems to obtain the data

Effective job plans

Will deliver…..

• Clinical team objectives

• Individual consultant objectives

• Link to organisational aims, objectives and strategic direction

Will become …..

• Owned by consultants

• Measurable

• Manageable

• Basis of annual discussion and review