The NHS Outcomes Framework 2013/14 Technical Appendix - Gov.uk

GlossaryA&E survey (Emergency department survey)The A&E survey is coordinated nationally by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as partof the NHS patient survey programme. It asks about the experiences of people who havevisited an emergency department. The A&E survey was conducted in 2003, 2004 and2008. Almost 50,000 people aged 16 and over who had attended emergency departmentsin January, February or March 2008 responded to the 2008 survey, a response rate of40%.From: www.nhssurveys.org/resultsACORN classification“ACORN is a geodemographic segmentation of the UK’s population which segments smallneighbourhoods, postcodes, or consumer households into 5 categories, 17 groups and 56types.”From: www.caci.co.uk/acorn-classification.aspxAdult Inpatient SurveyThe Adult Inpatient Survey is coordinated nationally by the Care Quality Commission(CQC) as part of the NHS patient survey programme. The survey is conducted annuallybetween October and January for a sample of patients who had an inpatient episodebetween July and August. It uses a postal self-completion survey approach, and isconducted among a sample of recent patients who spent at least one night in hospital. Thesurvey covers both elective and emergency care patients, but does not include maternity,mental health patients or patients under the age of 16. The annual survey typicallyachieves responses from around 70,000 patients across England (a total response rate ofaround 50%). To reduce non-response bias, if patients do not respond initially or to areminder after a few weeks, they receive another copy of the questionnaire after a furtherfew weeks.From:www.cqc.org.uk/aboutcqc/howwedoit/involvingpeoplewhouseservices/patientsurveys/inpatientservices.cfmAdult Social Care Combined Activity Return (ASC-CAR)The Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return is a social care return managed by theNational Information Centre. It provides information to support national indicators and dataon the number of adults in residential and nursing placements funded by councils withadult social services responsibilities.From: http://www.ic.nhs.uk/services/social-care/social-care-collections101