Performance Tracking

Background to performance tracking

In December 2004 a formal pledge on joint action to improve health and reduce health inequalities was made by North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic Health Authority, West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority and South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority, the Department of Health – Regional Public Health Group (RPHG), Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber, Yorkshire Forward and the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly. It focuses on five areas:

Working through the Regional Economic Strategy
Implementing the Regional Strategic Framework
Ensuring robust resilience planning
Working towards common approaches to assessing performance
Providing effective and robust leadership on health issues

In order to support the development of joint performance tracking, Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory (YHPHO) agreed to produce a series of briefings and reports focusing on some of the key health issues in Yorkshire and the Humber. The five priority issues initially identified were:

tobacco control
sexual health
obesity
fuel poverty
alcohol

The briefings are intended to support a series of ‘catalyst’ events aimed at bringing together key stakeholders from within the region to share best practice and identify practical actions across the key themes identified.

At present three briefings have been produced:

Tobacco Control in Yorkshire and the Humber

This briefing was produced in March 2005 by the Regional Public Health Group for Yorkshire and the Humber. The briefing brings together currently available health intelligence relating to tobacco in Yorkshire and the Humber. The aims of the briefing are:

to present a clear overview of comparative performance across the region in tobacco control
to provide information on a common, consistent basis
to provide a benchmark against which future progress in the region will be measured
to assist in identifying priorities and to support local joint service planning
to support flexible approaches to local joint performance management.

Obesity in Yorkshire and Humber

This briefing was coauthored in November 2005 by YHPHO and the Regional Public Health Group. It brings together currently available health intelligence relating to obesity in adults and children in Yorkshire and Humber. The aims of the briefing are:

to summarise currently available sources of data relating to obesity;
to provide a context to inform regional and local level action on tackling obesity;
to provide a baseline to inform ongoing monitoring of progress on tackling obesity.

Over the Limit? Alcohol Use in Yorkshire and the Humber

This briefing was coauthored in December 2005 by YHPHO and the Regional Public Health Group in collaboration with the Home Office for Governemnt Office - Yorkshire and Humber. It brings together currently available intelligence relating to alcohol use in Yorkshire and the Humber. The aims of the briefing are:

to summarise currently available sources of data relating to alcohol misuse;
to provide a context to inform regional and local level action on tackling alcohol misuse;
to provide a baseline to inform ongoing monitoring of progress on tackling alcohol misuse

Performance Tracking Framework for Alcohol Misuse

A working document for benchmarking performance accross the region against key indicators around alcohol misuse.

Sexual Health in Yorkshire and Humber

This report is aimed at benchmarking performance across the region against key indicators, for a set of identified health issues. The aims of the briefing are:

to present a clear overview of comparative performance across the region in sexual health services;
to provide information on a common, consistent basis;
to provide a benchmark against which future progress in the region will be measured;
to assist in identifying priorities and to support local joint service planning;
to support flexible approaches to local joint performance management.

Updated 01/06/07