HSE Performance Reports — Services for Older People

Data Collection Type
National Performance and activity reports
Organisation

HSE –– Business Information Unit -Community Health Care.

Year established

2006

Statement of purpose

To monitor and measure provision of services for Older People and report on activity against the National Service Plan and HSE Operational Plan.

Coverage (geographical and temporal)

Dependent on specific KPI. For some, all 32 Local Health Offices. For others coverage is at a National or Community Health Care Organisation level.

Data is collected on a monthly and quarterly basis and is ongoing.

Description/Summary

The Business Information Unit Community Health Care - collates the HSE’s Performance Reports (PP), which provide an overall analysis of key performance data from and Primary and Community Services. The activity data reported is based on Performance Activity and Key Performance Indicators outlined in the National Service Plan 2022 and the Operational Plans 2022.

The Performance Report is overseen by the National Planning Oversight Group (NPOG), led by the Chief Operations Officer on behalf of the CEO. NPOG monitors performance against planned activity, as outlined in the National Service Plan, and highlights areas for improvement. A Management Data Report is also produced each month which provides more detailed data on the Metrics covered in the Performance Report. Business Information Unit collates the HSE’s Performance Reports (PP), which provide an overall analysis of key performance data for Primary and Community Services.

Data users

BIU – CHC, CHOs, EMT, HSE Board NPOG, DOH and Service Leads for CHOs and Hospital Groups.

Data content

Data is collected in aggregate.

KPIs pertaining to Specialist areas such as Home Support, Intensive Home Care Packages, Public Beds and NHSS activities.

Examples of indicator include:
- No of home support hours provided (excluding provision of hours from intensive home support packages (IHCPs))
- No of persons funded under NHSS in long term residential care during the reporting month.

See Metadata;

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/KPIs/

Data dictionary

N/A.

Equity stratifiers

No.

Data collection methodology

Methods of data collection to support these Indicators comprise both National and Local Collection;
- National collection – National data is received from one source from the relevant Older Peoples’ Specialist Office via Business Information Unit
- Local collection – data is provided by the 32 Local Health Offices to the Business Information Unit.

All data is submitted on a Corporate Information Facility Template which is in excel format.

Reporting frequency is KPI specific and can be either monthly or quarterly. This detail is specified in the relevant NSP.

Clinical coding scheme

N/A.

Size of national collection

26,136 lines of data annually.

Publication frequency

Performance Reports and Management Data Reports are published quarterly and data is presented in these reports.

Accessing data

Performance Reports and Management Data Reports are published and can be located on the HSE website:

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/performancereports/

Data is published in the HSE Annual Reports.

Data request can also be made. Data requests are routed through the Care Group/ Service Area as they are the owners of data, the NBIU assist with data requests as required by the Care Group/Service Area.

Open data portal access

No.