Acute leukaemia Quality Performance Indicators
Patients diagnosed between July 2017 and June 2020
An Official Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 22 June 2021
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
About this release
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents performance against the National Acute Leukaemia Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs) in the Cancer QPIs dashboard held within the Scottish Cancer Registry and Intelligence Service (SCRIS).
Main points
- There were 715 patients diagnosed with acute leukaemia in Scotland over the period July 2017 to June 2020.
- At Scotland level, the target was met in eight of the 15 indicators (including subparts of some QPIs) with seven below target.
Background
National cancer quality performance indicators have been developed to support continuous quality improvement in cancer care. NHS boards are required to report these indicators against a clinically agreed indicator specific target as part of the mandatory national cancer quality programme. They have been developed collaboratively by the North Cancer Alliance, South East Scotland Cancer Network, West of Scotland Cancer Network, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and PHS.
Further information
Access
The Cancer QPIs are located within the SCRIS dashboard, thus bringing all the cancer data together in the one place. Access to the Cancer QPIs dashboard is restricted and is accessible via https://useraccess.nhsnss.scot.nhs.uk.
Reports
For further information please refer to the West of Scotland Cancer (WoSCAN) and North Cancer Alliance (NCA) published reports.
Acute leukaemia indicators
Definitions and details on updating or archiving Acute leukaemia indicators are available from Healthcare Improvement Scotland. For more information on the National Cancer Quality Programme - Scottish Government letter CEL 06 2012.
The next release of this publication will be in June 2024.
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Older versions of this publication
Versions of this publication released before 16 March 2020 may be found on the Data and Intelligence, Health Protection Scotland or Improving Health websites.