Primary care trusts overview

The indicators for existing targets are now available via the indicator links on the left hand side of this page. They include details of why the indicator is included, the data source, the period of time assessed by the indicator and the technical specification (construction).

The existing targets relevant to primary care trusts are:

• Access to a GP
• Access to a primary care professional
• All cancers: one month diagnosis (decision to treat) to treatment
• All cancers: two month GP urgent referral to treatment
• All cancers: two week wait
• Category A calls meeting 14/19 minute target
• Category A calls meeting eight minute target
• Category B calls meeting national 14/19 minute target
• Child and adolescent mental health services: Commissioning increased services
• Commissioning of crisis resolution/home treatment services
• Convenience and choice - PCT booking
• Convenience and choice - PCT facilities in place to support choice
• Delayed transfers of care
• Diabetic retinopathy screening
• Four week smoking quitters
• Number of inpatients waiting longer than the standard
• Number of outpatients waiting longer than the standard
• Patients waiting longer than three months for revascularisation
• Practice based registers - existing commitment
• Thrombolysis - 60 minute call to needle time
• Total time in A&E: four hours or less

Combined trusts

Combined trusts (those healthcare organisations which provide functions of more than one type, for example, primary care trusts which also provide mental health services) should refer to the indicator lists for all relevant trust types. Their assessment will be based on all of the indicators for each function they deliver.

Queries

Please direct any queries to the assesment mailbox: performance.indicators@healthcarecommission.org.uk