National therapeutic indicators data visualisation
Data to December 2022
An Official Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 18 April 2023
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
About this release
This publication by Public Health Scotland (PHS) is an update of prescribing data up to December 2022. The National Therapeutic Indicators (NTIs) are a set of prescribing indicators that are used for quality improvement work. The publication presents a visualisation of information by NHS Board, Health and Social Partnership (HSCP), General Practitioner (GP) practice, GP cluster and practice peer group.
Main points
There are currently 34 prescribing indicators detailed in the publication. The example indicator below shows:
- Scotland percentage of people in receipt Antimicrobial wound products has stayed static.
- NHS Shetland had the highest proportion (20.2%) while NHS Fife had the lowest (5.7%) for October 2022 to Dec 2022.
Background
The data visualisation allows a more in-depth and interactive visual analysis of the current National Therapeutic Indicators paper publication, published by the Effective Prescribing and Therapeutics Division of the Scottish Government.
The visualisation includes a presentation of variation and prescribing trends, and comparisons of HSCP, GP clusters and practice peer groups. This update also provides a practice level dashboard showing comparisons between indicators, HSCP trends and an NHS board indicator summary.
This interactive visualisation allows the user to look at the variation in prescribing practice between GP practices and should be useful to both prescribers and associated prescribing staff who want an 'easy to access' visualisation view of prescribing data.
This is the latest release of the data visualisation and further developments will follow, as prioritised by a steering group for this work which is commissioned by the Effective Prescribing and Therapeutics division of the Scottish Government. The update includes expanded detail for a number of indicators to help aid clinicians and prescribing advisers.
Further information
Further information is available from the Prescribing webpages.
The next release of this publication will be July 2023.
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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.