2.3: Comparative Data
Harnessing the power of comparative data so that it is available to citizens and frontline professionals, and is at the centre
of local scrutiny and simplified performance management systems.
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Actions: actively publishing comparative data -- We will make it easier to compare performance across frontline services,
by publishing data on public service performance, citizen outcomes and value for money in achieving those outcomes. We will
publish this data in reusable form on www.data.gov.uk by 2011. Specifically this means that: • In local government we will
work with the sector to develop comparable measures of value for money across a range of local government services. We will
consult on these from spring 2010 and publish them in 2011. • In the health sector, we will publish hospital-trust-level reference
costs for specific treatment categories (or healthcare resource groups) online in early 2010. • In education, we will publish
as much data as possible from the national Pupil Database and other sources that is relevant and compatible with preserving
individual anonymity from April 2010 onwards. • In the criminal justice system, we will benchmark offender management in prisons
and probation during 2010, and benchmark the whole of the prison and probation system, by the end of 2011. • For police force
performance, we will publish quarterly 12-month moving average crime data at police authority level, by 2010. this will inform
the new Police report Card being developed by her Majesty’s inspectorate of Constabulary, and will allow comparisons across
forces and basic command units or their local equivalent. By Budget 2010 the report cards will also incorporate value for
money data which will enable comparison of forces’ costs and productivity. Actions: using comparative data to drive performance
-- • We will introduce best practice tariffs in the NHS by 2010/11 to address unexplained variation in quality. We will also
extend tariff principles into new settings, by introducing new currencies for mental health by 2010/11 and for community health
services shortly afterwards. • We will introduce a presumption that, starting from 2011, public sector inspectorates begin
to reserve top performance ratings for those service organisations that have performed well against value for money considerations.
• We have asked the Audit Commission to develop proposals for assessing the use of resources across a whole area by Budget
2010, for inclusion in Comprehensive Area Assessments. this will assess how well local authorities and other frontline organisations
are collectively managing their resources to deliver value for money for local communities. • We will enable the best performers
to mentor the poorest. We will work with local government to roll out a peer challenge process across all local authorities
from spring 2010, building on work already under way in london. We have asked the nhs institute for innovation and improvement,
and the national Policing improvement Agency to facilitate professionally led mentoring schemes. • We will examine where else
benchmarking data are appropriate and can underpin performance management frameworks.
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