Background
Access to relevant and high quality management information allows organisations to make strategic and operational decisions, efficiently and effectively.
In 2014, the C&AG reviewed how well the Health and Social Services Department (HSSD) identified, collected and used management information for planning and decision-making. This focussed on the utilisation of operating theatre capacity.
Scope
This review evaluates:
- the adequacy of the arrangements HSSD has put in place to manage and monitor the implementation of the recommendations made in the C&AG’s report and to evaluate the impact of implementation;
- the progress HSSD has made in implementing agreed recommendations; and
- how HSSD has used what it learned from the Use of Management Information in the Health and Social Services Department – Operating Theatres review in other areas of its business.
Conclusions
The Theatres and Anaesthesia (T&A) Division has actively embraced the recommendations contained in the C&AG’s previous report, including by appropriate adapting them to achieve their underlying objective. It has made good progress.
However, the C&AG’s recommendations were directed to HSSD more widely and there are key areas where HSSD needs to take action so that the full benefits of the recommendations can be secured.
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