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

Community Mental Health Services SurveyThe Community Mental Health Services Survey is coordinated nationally by the CareQuality Commission (CQC) as part of the NHS patient survey programme. This survey hasbeen run annually since 2003/04 and assesses the care experience of patients receivingcommunity mental health services. The 2011 survey took the views of more than 17,000people who received specialist care or treatment for a mental health condition, includingthose who received care co-ordinated under the Care Programme Approach (CPA), butexcluding patients under the age of 16, between July and September 2010, achieving aresponse rate of 33%.From: www.cqc.org.uk/public/reports-surveys-and-reviews/surveys/community-mentalhealth-survey-2011Compendium of Population Health Indicators, formerly NCHOD“A wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 indicators designed to provide a comprehensiveoverview of population health at a national, regional and local level. These indicators werepreviously available on the Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base website (alsoknown as NCHOD).”From: https://indicators.ic.nhs.uk/webview/Continuous Inpatient (CIP) SpellA CIP spell is a continuous period of hospital care within the NHS from admission todischarge, regardless of any transfers which may take place. It can therefore be made upof one or more episodes and/or involve more than one hospital provider.A CIP spell starts when a decision has been made to admit the patient, and a consultanthas taken responsibility for their care. The spell ends when the patient dies or isdischarged from hospital.From: www.hesonline.nhs.uk/Ease/servlet/ContentServer?siteID=1937&categoryID=1072Employment and Support AllowanceEmployment and Support Allowance is a benefit managed by the Department for Workand Pensions (DWP) which provides financial help to people who are unable to workbecause of illness or disability. It also provides personalised support to those who are ableto work. For new clients, it has replaced Incapacity Benefit and Income Support paidbecause of an illness or disability from October 2008.From:www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Illorinjured/DG_171894EpisodeThe Healthcare Commission defines an episode as a single period of hospital care underone consultant, e.g. treatment of Patient A in hospital by Consultant A for a broken leg(see further example under “spell”).From: www.hesonline.nhs.uk/Ease/servlet/ContentServer?siteID=1937&categoryID=1072EQ-5DEQ-5D is a standardised instrument for use as a measure of health status or healthrelatedquality of life developed by the EuroQol Group. It is used internationally and isapplicable to a wide range of health conditions and treatments, providing a simpledescriptive profile for health status.EQ-5D is primarily designed for self-completion by respondents and is suited for use inpostal surveys, in clinics and face-to-face interviews. It is cognitively simple, taking only afew minutes to complete. Instructions to respondents are included in the questionnaire.103