Regarding how you store and process Weekly/Monthly collection stats from hospitals

Dr Colin Iain Campbell MBChB FRSPH made this Freedom of Information request to NHS Improvement This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was refused by NHS Improvement.

Dr Colin Iain Campbell MBChB FRSPH

Dear NHS Improvement,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be interested in any information held by your organisation regarding my request. I understand that I do not have to specify particular files or documents and it is the departments responsibility to provide the information I require. If you need further clarification please contact me via this website (or email). I would like to request the following information:

I have a number of what should be easy to answer simple questions which your IT team - or those processing the stats should be able to respond to quickly. The following questions relate to how the information from Weekly/Monthly collections from hospitals is stored, submitted and processed.

1) Is the website portal the only method of uploading? or simply the preferred one? If it is only the preferred one what alternative methods are there. Please supply any email address used if this is offered as a means of submitting. (website https://datacollections.improvement.nhs.... )
2) How many hospitals are on Weekly submissions, and how many are on monthly? (if easily held).
3) How does the website store the data? eg MySQL database, CSV? Sync with an offline excel spreadsheet? Please specify the storage format(s) used.
4) If stored on the webserver (eg MySQL database) Does the data persist on the webserver after export? Or is it removed after a local copy is created (or is no local file created?).
5)Does the coding of the website on the NHS Improvement side show the analytics you usually require automatically? Or is data exported to a spreadsheet to work with before any analytics are shown? If analytics are shown on the website please provide a screenshot.
6) Is there an export function from the webpage? Does this export the full database or can a time interval be specificed?
7) In what format is the information provided to management withn NHS Improvement to support management decisions?
8) Which depatment within NHS Improvement undertakes this work? (unless the analytics are all on the website?).
9) Which software packages does the IT department use to interact with and debug the website including the database?

I would like the information to be provided by email or on this website in electronic form. If my request is denied in whole or in part I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I will also expect you to release all non-exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to charge excessive fees. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request. I look forward to your response within 20 working days as outlined by the statute. Many thanks for your assistance with this request.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Colin Iain Campbell MBChB FRSPH

FOI (NHS IMPROVEMENT - T1520), NHS Improvement

Dear Dr Campbell,

 

Receipt of your request for information by email dated 15 September 2018
is acknowledged.

 

NHS Improvement will respond promptly to your request within 20 working
days following the date of receipt, so by 12 October 2018.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

NHS Improvement

 

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FOI (NHS IMPROVEMENT - T1520), NHS Improvement

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Dear Dr Campbell,

 

Please see the attached decision letter dated 12 October 2018.

 

Yours sincerely

 

NHS Improvement

T 0203 747 0000
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Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG

 

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NHS Improvement is responsible for overseeing foundation trusts, NHS
trusts and independent providers. We offer the support these providers
need to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care
within local health systems that are financially sustainable. By holding
providers to account and, where necessary, intervening, we help the NHS to
meet its short-term challenges and secure its future.

 

NHS Improvement is the operational name for the organisation that brings
together Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority, Patient Safety, the
National Reporting and Learning System, the Advancing Change team and the
Intensive Support Teams.

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