The government has launched a public consultation aimed at defining how the NHS should be judged over healthcare outcomes for patients.
Health secretary Andrew Lansley said the publication, Transparency in Outcomes - a framework for the NHS, would be the first of many in the coming weeks which will consult with healthcare professionals, patients, carers and the public on how to rebuild the NHS and refocus it on measurable clinical outcomes for patients rather than process targets of the past.
The publication aims to establish a new framework for the NHS and a set of national outcome goals which are defined by five separate outcome “domains” that will be used to measure the effectiveness of the new strategy and, where necessary, hold the health service and the government to account.
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