Figures you can trust, a briefing on the data quality in the NHS

Audit Commission
The importance of data for NHS bodies and the patients and public they serve has never been higher. Good quality information underpins the delivery of effective patient care. The majority of
hospital funding is already dependent on accurate activity and costing data under Payment by Results (PbR). World Class Commissioning and the development of practice based commissioning rely on good data being available. And regulators are placing increasing importance on formation and data in their assessment and screening processes. Quality cannot be effective as the ganising principle of the NHS without good data to underpin it.

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