ESR Data Quality Workshops

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ESR Data Quality Workshops

• The Information Centre Perspective
• Phil Wade, Director of Business Development

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The role of The IC Providing a supporting
structure for informed decision making
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The uses of workforce data
Workforce Census
Staff Earnings Estimates
Workforce Movement
Vacancy Survey
Indicators e.g. Productivity
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Improving the workforce information
HIGH QUALITY DATA
CONSISTENT INDICATORS
IMPROVED DECISION MAKING
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High quality data

• Consistent
• Complies with NHS wide standards
• Comprehensive
• Coverage of records
• Completion of data items
• Accurate
• Timely

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Actions to improve data quality

• Local NHS Organisations
• Improve standards for record keeping
• Invest in support services and training
• Implement quality assurance programmmes
• ESR team / IC
• Provide improved functionality in ESR to identify
  data quality problems
• Publish guidance and provide support
• Publish data on quality and enable comparison
• DH / SHAs
• Performance manage organisations to improve
  quality
• Regulators and Auditors
• Audit and review data quality

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What good quality data can do - Quantify and
illustrate workforce planning issues
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What good quality data can dowhat causes the
changes we see?
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What good quality data can dowhat causes the
changes we see?
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Information Centre Key Projects

• ESR Utilisation Plan.
• a project working with all stakeholders to
  ensure ESR reaches its potential in terms of a
  reporting tool.
• Financial Indicators Project
• using ESR and other data sources to support
  financial control and effective benchmarking.

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Indicator Examples - Staff Numbers

• Humber MH Teaching AfC profile of Nursing Staff

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Annual Staff Costs (Gross total earnings)

• Humber MH Teaching
• (Estimates based on Apr payroll, would have to
  factor in other costs etc for this to be an
  indicator)

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Absence Volumes and Rates
Sickness Rate for Bradford and Airedale