South London
Pathfinder programme

Paving the way for specialised services delegation to ICSs from April 2024

Details

Further detail / documents of the South London Pathfinder programme is available on FutureNHS, within the Specialised Services Future Commissioning Model workspace (login required). 


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Data / transactional BI workstream

Objectives

  • Developing and testing data access
  • Alignment of specialised data with ICB data sources to create single data set
  • Triangulation with spend data and provider data sets
  • Application and monitoring of identification rules (IR) and correct allocation of ICB & service lines
  • Modelling actual ICB spend in relation to planned ICB budget
  • Calculating impact of future changes in allocations (i.e. shift to needs-based)
  • Liaising with Trust colleagues to validate assumptions from a data perspective
  • Designing reports and modelling tools as required
  • Supporting financial intelligence colleagues with in-depth data quality analysis
  • Development of specialised BI matrix team approach (ICB and hub)
  • Development of lessons learned document to inform 24/25 planning

Success criteria

  • A system with excellent visibility and understanding of specialised activity flows and finances
  • Joined-up data infrastructure within each ICS, to ensure a holistic view across acute and specialised services.
  • A BI resource at each ICS that can provide timely and reliable insight to finance, contracting, quality and other teams across South London.
  • Ability to build on solid foundations to identify unwarranted variation and integrate into local PHM approaches

Terms of reference

Download the Data / BI workstream terms of reference.