Scotland Performs: NHSScotland

These pages provide information about NHSScotland performance against the HEAT targets which contribute towards delivery of the Scottish Government's Purpose and National Outcomes; and NHSScotland's Quality Ambitions. The HEAT targets are grouped into 4 priorities:

Health Improvement for the people of Scotland - improving life expectancy and healthy life expectancy;
Efficiency and Governance Improvements - continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the NHS;
Access to Services - recognising patients' need for quicker and easier use of NHS services; and
Treatment Appropriate to Individuals - ensure patients receive high quality services that meet their needs.

NHS Boards have also agreed a range of local commitments through their Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) to support delivery of their Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs). In time, we intend to incorporate these commitments into our exploration of the reporting of CPP performance on Scotland Performs as part of its development to capture partners' contributions to the national performance picture.

HEAT targets are shown below, grouped into those due for delivery in 2010/11, 2011/12 and beyond.

HEAT targets due for delivery in 2010/11

HEAT priority	Target	Target Due Date
H	Suicide Prevention Training	2010
H	Child Dental Registrations	2010/11
H	Child Healthy Weight Interventions	2010/11
H	Alcohol Brief Interventions	2010/11
H	Smoking Cessation	2010/11
H	Exclusively Breastfed	2010/11
H	Inequalities Targeted Health Checks	2010/11
E	Electronic management of referrals	2010
E	Same Day Surgery	2010/11
E	Emergency inpatients average length of stay	2010/11
E	Review-to-New outpatient attendance ratio	2010/11
E	Financial Performance	2010/11
E	Cash Efficiencies	2010/11
E	Reduce Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption	2010/11
E	Knowledge Skills Framework (KSF) PDP Reviews	Mar 2011
A	Drug treatment waiting times	Dec 2010
A	48hr access GP Practice Team	2010/11
A	Advance booking - GP	2010/11
A	Inpatients/day cases - 9 weeks	Mar 2011
T	Psychiatric readmissions	Dec 2010
T	Long-term conditions bed days	2010/11
T	Complex care needs: care at home	2010/11
T	Dementia	2010/11
T	MRSA/MSSA reductions	2010/11
T	C.diff infections	2010/11
T	Emergency bed days 65+	2010/11

HEAT targets due for delivery in 2011/12

HEAT priority	Target	Target Due Date
H	Alcohol Brief Interventions	2011/12
H	Inequalities Targeted Cardiovascular Health Checks	2011/12
E	Financial Performance	2011/12
E	Cash Efficiencies	2011/12
E	Reduce Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption	2011/12
A	Cancer (62-day referral to treatment)	Dec 2011
A	Cancer (31-day decision to treat to first treatment)	Dec 2011
A	Waiting Times (18 weeks referral to treatment)	Dec 2011
T	Emergency Bed Days 75+	2011/12

HEAT targets due for delivery after March 2012

HEAT priority	Target	Target Due Date
H	Suicide Reduction	2013
H	SIMD Child Fluoride Varnishing	Mar 2014
H	Child Healthy Weight Interventions	Mar 2014
H	Smoking Cessation	Mar 2014
E	Reduce Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption	2014/15
A	Drug and alcohol treatment waiting times (3 weeks referral to treatment)	Mar 2013
A	CAMHS (26 weeks referral to treatment)	Mar 2013
A	Psychological Therapies Waiting Times	Dec 2014
T	Stroke Unit	Mar 2013
T	MRSA/MSSA reductions	Mar 2013
T	C. diff infections	Mar 2013
T	Accident and Emergency (A&E) Attendances	2013/14

Further Information

HEAT targets are reviewed each year and a new suite is published each November.

Please note that we are presenting these targets within Scotland Performs based on year of delivery. Where there are a number of distinct elements within a HEAT target these are presented separately in the lists above. These elements link to a single page that cover all related HEAT targets, giving an easy to follow account of all HEAT targets within a specific topic area.

The NHSScotland pages within Scotland Performs do not include the direction of travel arrows that are used to illustrate the most recent change against the long-term Purpose Targets and National Indicators (tracking national progress) on the 'Performance at a Glance' page. This is because HEAT targets are short to medium term, specific targets that contribute directly to the National Outcomes and, as such, do not require their own direction of travel arrows.

We will review the style and content of these pages during 2011 as part of the work around the future development of the Scotland Performs website. As a result these pages are subject to change.

Useful Links

Scottish Government Health and Community Care

NHSScotland Chief Executive's Annual Report 2010/11

Summary of HEAT targets due for delivery in previous years

The PDF document at the link below contains information about targets to be delivered or agreed in 2009/10.

HEAT targets due for delivery in 2009/10

The excel file at the link below provides NHS Board performance information for the HEAT targets due for delivery in 2007/08 and 2008/09:

HEAT targets due for delivery in 2007/08 and 2008/09

Page updated: Friday, November 18, 2011

Scottish Government