Visit Report Surgical Specialities and Care of People with Cancer 2015

Summary

The requester asked for a breakdown of quality standards met by Nobles Hospital following a 2015 report, but the Department of Health and Social Care only provided an aggregate improvement figure, citing that the specific breakdown would require creating new information.

Key Facts

• Nobles Hospital met 52% of quality standards in the 2015 Surgical Specialities and Care of People with Cancer report.
• As of January 2019, the hospital met 73% of the associated quality standards, representing a 21 percentage point increase.
• The authority refused to provide the requested breakdown per service because the data is not held in that format.
• Complying with the request would require the Department to create or derive information, which is not required under the Freedom of Information Act 2015.
• A review was completed in January 2019 for submission to Tynwald, but subsequent reporting was conducted at the indicator level only.

Data Disclosed

• 52%
• 73%
• 21 percentage points
• 2015
• January 2019
• 2019-07-09
• 2019-08-05
• 879266

Exemptions Cited

• Section 8(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (things a public authority is not required to do)
• Section 11(3)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (creating or deriving information)

Original Request

The West Midlands Quality Review Service identified that Nobles Hospital met 52% of quality standards in 2015. Link below for ease of reference (dated 14.08.17), page 3. http://www.wmqrs.nhs.uk/review-programmes/view/isle-of-man-health-services Please advise what percentage of standards are now met, broken down per service provided as detailed on the report?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Interim Chief Executive: Angela Murray Freedom of Information Team DHSC, Crookall House Demesne Road Douglas IM1 3QA

(01624) 642621 dhsc@foi.gov.im Website: www.gov.im/dhsc

Our ref: 879266 5th August 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on the 9th July 2019 and states:

"The West Midlands Quality Review Service identified that Nobles Hospital met 52% of quality standards in 2015. Link below for ease of reference (dated 14.08.17), page 3. http://www.wmqrs.nhs.uk/review-programmes/view/isle-of-man-health- services Please advise what percentage of standards are now met, broken down per service provided as detailed on the report?"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested. I have detailed below the information that is held. As of January 2019 – the total percentage variance in quality standards now being met was an increase of 21 percentage points. Report Surgical Specialities and Care of People with Cancer 2015 Original Report > Nobles Hospital met 52% of associated quality standards, these quality standards were refreshed and correlated to the current position (as of January 2019) of which Nobles Hospital met 73% of the associated quality standards in reference to Report Surgical Specialities and Care of People with Cancer 2015 original findings, an increase of 21 percentage points.

For clarity a review was completed in January 2019 for submission to Tynwald
www.tynwald.org.im/business/opqp/sittings/20182021/2019-GD-0018.pdf
subsequent reporting was conducted at indicator level only, therefore in this instance, complying with your request for information would require the public authority to do one or more of the matters mentioned in section 8(3) (things a public authority is not required to do by the Act S11(3)(b)). In this instance, complying with your request for information would require The Department to create or derive information from information that we hold, as the information is currently not broken down and readily available. Please quote the reference number 879266 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely