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Good practice and case studies

This section contains examples of notable practice in health, covering the Auditors' Local Evaluation of NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England, and the use of the Commission's National Benchmarker by the NHS.
 
 
North Cumbria University Hospitals - Good practice from 2009/10 PbR inpatient audit
21 January 2010
The Trust decided that to ensure timeliness and to get the greatest accuracy, coders would record the relevant episodes in real time in theatre while the relevant clinician is available if there is a ...
Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Good practice from 2009/10 PbR inpatient audit
21 January 2010
One of the main requirements to support accurate clinical coded data is for the clinical notes to be clear, concise and contain all the relevant information needed by the coding department.
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust - Direct consultant approval of coding
12 January 2010
The Trust started the process in early 2008. The Clinical Coding Service and Data Quality Manager’s asked the Medical Director to create a place for case note review when there were queries or issues ...
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Back to basics training for clinical coders
12 January 2010
A good practice example for Leeds from 2009/10 PbR inpatient audit, using back to basic training for clinical coders.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Clinic coding reception
12 January 2010
An example of good practice from 2009/10 PbR inpatient audit for Leeds - clinic coding reception.
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust - Clinical Coding and Data Quality Group
12 January 2010
The Trust set up the Clinical Coding and Data Quality Group in late 2007 to provide support for improving coding and data quality. It has since expanded its remit to include trust-wide data quality ...
Somerset Primary Care Trust - Finance training
17 December 2009
The PCT's Finance Team created a comprehensive training programme for staff with a financial remit. This ensures that these staff are fully aware of their responsibilities and have the skills to ...
Salford Primary Care Trust - Business case template
17 December 2009
The PCT developed a Business Case template suite of documents for internal use. These documents assist managers and clinicians within the organisation to produce business cases.
Bristol Primary Care Trust - Programme budgeting
17 December 2009
The Trust used programme budgeting in 2008/09 to analyse how it invests its healthcare funding. The PCT analysed all of the money it spent in 2006/07, by major health condition and the key health ...
Somerset Primary Care Trust - Financial statements
17 December 2009
Somerset Primary Care Trust (PCT) re-engineered its approach to preparing financial statements and as a result, it now produces timely and accurately reports much more quickly, and in advance of the ...
Financial management
Financial reporting
Financial standing
Internal control
National benchmarker
PbR data assurance framework
Use of resources
Value for money