Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs)

Measuring the quality of cancer services in the North of Scotland

The National Cancer Quality Programme looks to ensure quality is at the heart of cancer services by requiring NHS Boards and regions to assess the performance of cancer services against agreed Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs), as outlined in CEL 06 (2012).

Strategic leadership of this programme is provided by the National Cancer Quality Steering Group (NCQSG) who bring together partners to provide a robust national system for the collection and reporting of data, as well as the review of QPI definitions.
 
The performance of the 6 NHS Boards in the North of Scotland against the QPIs are reported by the North Cancer Alliance each year for 15 different types of cancer, with a further 3 cancers being reported annually on a national basis.  In addition every third year a national report is produced by Public Health Scotland (PHS) providing a national overview of performance against these indicators.  More information can be accessed by following this link: Public Health Scotland.

The NCA coordinates rigorous assessment of risk, action planning and oversight of QPI performance. Details of this process are available in this PDF.

For more background information on the QPI collection process, please take a look at this infographic.

The following table provides links to the latest published QPI reports from both the North region and nationally.

Details of the reporting criteria for QPIs, including revisions over the years, is available on the Public Health Scotland website.

QPI reports from previous years are available for each tumour-group - please visit the NCA Groups section to access these.