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Figure 9.42: Evaluation criteria as agreed by clinicians
These criteria were used pre-consultation to identify the three consultation options.
It is important to note that the first two evaluation criteria, Quality of Care and Access to
Care, have parallels with hurdle criteria 1 and 5 (as set out in Chapter 9b):
Hurdle criterion 1: The correct care setting model to deliver high quality care
Hurdle criterion 5: Ensure a good geographical spread of major hospitals across
NW London
They are included within the evaluation criteria because:
The earlier analysis indicates their importance to all stakeholders
During this stage they are used to assess the relative merits between options,
evaluating the criteria with more detailed metrics and analysis
9.9.3 Feedback received about the evaluation criteria during consultation
During consultation we sought feedback about the evaluation criteria we used to identify the
consultation options. We wanted to understand if people agreed with the criteria and if
people had any suggestions for how they could be improved. We asked people the following
question in our response form:
Question 22: Please say how important you think each of these criteria (measures)
should be in choosing which hospitals should be major hospitals, rating their
importance on a scale where 10 means ‘absolutely vital’ and 0 means ‘not important
at all.
This data has been analysed in two ways:
1. Calculating a mean value for each criteria (i.e. an average score across all
respondents answering the question).
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