What are outcome standards?
The NHS in London, working with GPs, has developed a set of standards, often known as indicators, for GP practices which give you the kind of information you need to make decisions about your healthcare.
There are a 22 standards, covering areas like diagnosis, screening, vaccinations for children, and ease of getting appointments, making it easier for you to:
- see how effective your GP services are in areas of healthcare that matter to you
- understand what your practice is doing to meet the healthcare standards required by you and your family
- make a decision about registering with a practice that best suits your particular needs
Our job is to publish the standards, which are made up of indicators using independent information. The standards have been developed in partnership with doctors, nurses, general practice staff and patients. Information appearing here will be updated regularly.
Latest results
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Asthma
How effectively GP services are able to identify patients who have asthma
What is better: towards an expected value of 1
Most recent data update: Annual 2008-09
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Attendance at A&E
How often patients in this GP practice go to Accident and Emergency departments
What is better: lower values are better
Most recent data update: Annual 2010-11
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Breast Cancer Survival
Proportion of GP patients in the local area who survive one year or more following an initial diagnosis of breast cancer
What is better: higher values are better
Most recent data update: Annual 2010-11
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Cancer
How effectively GP services in your local area are able to identify patients who have cancer
What is better: towards an expected value of 1
Most recent data update: Annual 2008-09
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Dementia
How effectively GP services are able to identify patients with dementia
What is better: towards an expected value of 1
Most recent data update: Annual 2008-09
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Diabetes
How effectively GP services are able to identify patients with diabetes
What is better: towards an expected value of 1
Most recent data update: Annual 2008-09
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Getting to see your GP
How satisfied patients at this GP practice are with getting appointments, opening hours and getting through on the telephone (score out of 300).
What is better: higher values are better
Most recent data update: Quarter 4 2010-11
This standard has different parts which are shown in the detail view
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Heart Disease
How effectively GP services are able to identify patients who might be at risk from coronary heart disease
What is better: towards an expected value of 1
Most recent data update: Annual 2008-09
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Long term conditions (unplanned care)
How often patients in this GP practice with a long term condition are admitted to hospital in an emergency
What is better: lower values are better
Most recent data update: Annual 2010-11
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Lung Cancer Survival
Proportion of GP patients in the local area who survive one year or more following an initial diagnosis of lung cancer
What is better: higher values are better
Most recent data update: Annual 2010-11
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Lung disease
How effectively GP services are able to identify patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD)
What is better: towards an expected value of 1
Most recent data update: Annual 2006-07
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Patient experience
How satisfied patients at this GP practice are with the quality of their actual appointment (score out of 700)
What is better: higher values are better
Most recent data update: Quarter 4 2010-11
This standard has different parts which are shown in the detail view
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Patient Satisfaction
How satisfied patients are with the overall quality of care they receive at this GP practice (score out of 200).
What is better: higher values are better
Most recent data update: Quarter 4 2010-11
This standard has different parts which are shown in the detail view
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Safe prescribing
How effectively GP services in the local area meet best practice in prescribing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
What is better: lower values are better
Most recent data update: Quarter 4 2010-11
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Seeing the GP you want to see
The percentage of patients in this GP practice who are satisfied that they can see their preferred doctor most or all of the time
What is better: higher values are better
Most recent data update: Quarter 4 2010-11
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Smoking
The percentage of patients in this GP practice whose smoking status has been recorded in the past 27 months
What is better: higher values are better
Most recent data update: Annual 2010-11
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Smoking with a long-term condition
The percentage of patients in this GP practice with long term health conditions who have been offered support in giving up smoking
What is better: higher values are better
Most recent data update: Annual 2010-11
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Stroke prevention (Atrial Fibrillation)
How effectively GP services are able to identify current patients with an irregular heartbeat, known as Atrial Fibrillation.
What is better: towards an expected value of 1
Most recent data update: Annual 2008-09
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