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Dr Dinah Roy, Locality Clinical Lead and Chair, Sedgefield Practice Based Commissioning Group, County Durham PCT, and NHS Alliance representative said: "In one place I can now find a pointer to every dimension I should capture when commissioning a service - theoretical background information and practical information on how to pull the service together. Developing commissioning pathways is very time-consuming, but thanks to these guides, the process is now far more efficient. Previously, to get data on my local population, for example referral patterns, I would need to ask local practices or the PCT. The commissioning guides provide the latest Dr Foster data on my area, and also tell me at the beginning of the process what information I need to go away and find - so in this way they definitely give me a 'head start'." 17 April 2008
Mike Ramsden, Chairman of The Information Centre, said: "The Information Centre's joint venture with Dr Foster to form Dr Foster Intelligence was designed to harness private sector dynamism, efficiency and effectiveness to public sector expertise and ethics, in the health informatics field - a critical element of developing a more responsive health service. Dr Foster Intelligence provides the NHS with the information tools it needs to improve the quality of patient care and has done so with great success: more than 75% of hospitals in the NHS, for example, use these tools to monitor performance. The quality of data provided is of the highest standard. The Department of Health and the Information Centre are committed to the development and growth of the informatics field and believe that the Dr Foster Intelligence venture is a positive addition to the sector's offering." 28 January 2008
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