Snow White!

23rd March - 27th March & 30th March - 3rd April 2015

Over the past couple of weeks I have been learning about the Hospital monitoring dashboard which Quality Analysts here at Eastern Cheshire CCG have created called ‘Snow White’. ‘Snow White’ was initially created to monitor the local hospitals' performance over the winter period, with seven key functions – hence the name!

The dashboard is used and updated every day by colleagues at the CCG, local hospitals and the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS). The dashboard requires a member of staff to maintain the data and ensure all the figures are updated to reflect the hospital’s performance. It incorporates past and present A&E attendances, as well as live ambulance data. Working with the Quality Analysts, I have had the opportunity to gain an understanding of how the dashboard works; where the data comes from and where it is then inputted and finalised for publication for colleagues at the local Hospitals to view. The dashboard has been a great innovation which gives us a clear idea of how the Hospital in Macclesfield is performing compared with other local hospitals, using an RAG (Red, Amber, Green) rating.

In addition to learning about the dashboard, I have been continuing to develop Quality Schedules and CQUINs (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation) for the local healthcare providers. I am also helping the Contracts Team with creating new contracts for 2015/16, therefore having the opportunity to produce the Quality Requirements and incentives allows me to gain more of an understanding about the structure of a standard NHS Contract.