Specialised services quality dashboards
Specialised Services Quality Dashboards (SSQD) are designed to provide assurance on the quality of care by collecting information about outcomes from healthcare providers. SSQDs are a key tool in monitoring the quality of services, enabling comparison between service providers and supporting improvements over time in the outcomes of services commissioned by NHS England.
For each SSQD, there is a list of agreed measures for which data is to be collected. These measures are included in a ‘Metric Definition Set’.
Healthcare providers, including NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts and independent providers, submit data for each of the agreed measures.
Each SSQD is ‘refreshed’ with up-to-date outcomes submitted from national data sources, and where necessary healthcare providers, on a quarterly basis.
The information provided by the SSQDs is used by NHS England specialised services commissioners to understand the quality and outcomes of services and reasons for excellent performance. Healthcare providers can use the information to provide an overview of service quality compared with other providers of the same service. From April 2016, SSQD data will be submitted and reviewed using a dedicated online portal. It is anticipated this will further aid both providers and commissioners.
The collection of data for the Specialised Services Quality Dashboards has been approved by the Review of Central Returns – ROCR (ROCR/OR/2230/001MAND).
List of SSQDs by National Programme of Care
Below is a table of the SSQDs listed by their National Programme of Care (NPoC). The Metrics Definition set for each SSQD is also included.
Revisions to SSQD metrics for 2016/17 are currently being finalised and will appear once complete.
Blood and Infection
| Bone Marrow Transplant – Adults | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Bone Marrow Transplant – Paediatrics | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Haemoglobinopathy | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Haemophilia | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Immunoglobulin | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
Cancer
| Positron Emission Tomography – Computerised Tomography (PET-CT) | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Radiotherapy | Currently in development | Under review |
| Specialised Urology | Currently in development | |
| Stereotactic Radiotherapy | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
Internal Medicine
Mental Health
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Low Secure Inpatient Service | N/A | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Medium Secure Inpatient Service | N/A | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Mental Health CAMHS PICU | N/A | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Deaf Services | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Eating Disorders | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Gender Identity Services | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Low Secure Services | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Medium Secure Services | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Perinatal Services | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
Trauma
| Adult Critical Care | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Cleft Lip and Palate | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Neurosurgery (Adult) | Currently in development | |
| Specialised Burn Care – Adults | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Specialised Burn Care – Paediatrics | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Spinal Cord Injury | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Specialised Orthopaedics | Currently in development | |
| Specialised Pain Management | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
Women and Children
| Congenital Heart – Adult | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Congenital Heart – Paediatrics | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Fetal Medicine | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Inherited Metabolic Disorders – Adult | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Inherited Metabolic Disorders – Children | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Medical Genetics | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Paediatric Neurosciences | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU) | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |
| Paediatric Oncology | 2017/18 Metric Definitions set | 2018/19 Metric Definitions set |