Independent hospitals should publish clinical performance indicators, including success rates, and collect the same activity and performance data as NHS hospitals to help enable real choice for patients and commissioners, BUPA’s group medical director Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen commented at the recent Independent Healthcare Convention.
Dr.Vallance-Owen told the convention of healthcare analysts that the independent sector should lead the way in publishing an agreed set of clinical performance indicators because it has the ability to move more quickly than the NHS. The long-term aim, however, should be for all hospitals to collect and publish the same set of indicators.
