INNOVATION, HEALTH AND WEALTH A SCORECARD

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INNOVATION, HEALTH AND WEALTH A SCORECARD

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CONTENTS 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 INTRODUCTION 7 3 MILLION LIVES 9 INTRA-OPERATIVE FLUID MANAGEMENT/OESOPHAGEAL DOPPLER MONITORING 11 CHILD IN A CHAIR IN A DAY 13 INTERNATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY 14 DIGITAL BY DEFAULT 16 SUPPORT FOR CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA Page 3

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In December 2011, NHS Improvement & Efficiency, Innovation and Service Improvement identified six areas where Clinical Commissioning Groups and acute Trusts could improve patient care through high impact innovations. Three years on, this report reveals a very mixed picture, with both CCGs and Trusts in some areas of Innovation, Health and Wealth performing much worse than others, and some regions of the country drastically underperforming. 3 Million Lives: Intra-operative fluid management: Child in a chair in a day: Reducing emergency admissions and hospital bed days through telehealth was estimated to improve 3 million lives in five years. But a mediocre 45% of CCGs have agreed new models of technology provision with providers. As in other areas, the regional variation is very great. East Midlands Trusts and CCGs performed extremely well. In relation to CQUINs, there is great room for improvement, with only 5% of trusts reporting qualifying for a payment. This is minimally invasive technology to assess the fluid status of patients and ensure they are safe. The drive is to ensure full implementation of ODM and similar fluid monitoring technology across the NHS. A mediocre 40% of CCGs were working with local providers on IOFM targets. There is much room for improvement. A mere 11% of CCGs had agreed CQUIN payment incentives in this area. 11% of CCGs had identified a local target for the relevant procedures. Encouraging, the proportion of procedures carried out using IOFM has risen quickly year on year. NHS waiting times for wheelchairs for disabled children have often been 200 days or more. The promised Child in a chair in a day programme aimed at dramatically scaling back these delays to a one day wait. All data reveals poor implementation on every measure. Page 4

International and Commercial Activity: Digital by default: Support for carers of people with dementia: Working with UK Trade and Investment to explore opportunities to increase national and international health care activity was the goal. But only 6% of CCGs agreed payments in relation to International and Commercial Activity. More encouragingly, almost two thirds of Trusts had a strategy in place to make use of commercial intellectual property they developed. Reducing unnecessary face to face meetings for example by emails - means less inconvenience for patients and saves NHS resources. Every 1% reduction in face to face contact saves 200 million. On the whole, CCGs and Trusts are working very well together on Digital by default but there is vast regional variation. At 20%, this is one of the better areas for CCGs offering CQUIN payments and Trusts qualifying for them. But this is true only because in other areas Innovation, Health and Wealth has been very poor. Innovation Health & Wealth calls on the NHS to commission dementia services in line with NICE-SCIE Guideline on supporting people with dementia. This is the area in which CCGs and Trusts have made the greatest progress. An excellent 94% of CCGs are working with local providers to ensure carers receive relevant information where there is a diagnosis of dementia. But more than half of CCGs had failed to formulate CQUIN criteria for this area, suggesting real room for improvement in this area also. Page 5

INTRODUCTION In December 2011, the NHS launched Innovation, Health and Wealth (IHW), a strategy for making "innovation and its spread central to what we do". Innovation is defined as "an idea, service or product, new to the NHS or applied in a way that is new to the NHS, which significantly improves the quality of health and care wherever it is applied". The breadth of the strategy was reflected in its seven core objectives: We will rapidly accelerate the use of assistive technologies in the NHS, aiming to improve at least 3 million lives over the next five years We will launch a national drive to get full implementation of ODM, or similar fluid management monitoring technology into practice across the NHS We will launch a 'child in a chair in a day' programme to transform the delivery of wheelchair services throughout the NHS We will require NHS organisations to explore opportunities to increase national and international healthcare activity and will host a summit with UK Trade and Investment in the New Year We will require the NHS to work towards reducing inappropriate face-to-face contacts and to switch to higher quality, more convenient, lower cost alternatives We will require the NHS to commission services in line with NICE-SCIE guidance on supporting people with dementia From April 2013, compliant with the high impact innovations will become a prequalification requirement for CQUIN More than three years on, this report assesses where progress has been made, and how much. Data from Freedom of Information requests to Clinical Commissioning Groups and acute Trusts across England reveals substantial variation by area and by region. There is much room for improvement if patients are to enjoy the full benefits of these high value innovations. All areas of the country and all CCGs need to implement local health needs as required to ensure equal patient access across the country. The Medical Technology Group are sceptical that central reports from NHS England or the Department of Health are an effective way of embedding change into either national or local NHS decision making, budgeting, and mechanisms of evaluation and reimbursement. The Government has launched the 'accelerated access review' into promoting the use of innovative medical products and devices within the NHS. We hope that before this process is complete that the lessons of IHW are learned and that this report contributes to this. The MTG hopes that the accelerated access review will include recommendations on how to implement necessary change at a national level in the NHS. It is essential for this report to learn the lessons from IHW and that all people, including commissioners, take up and implement any recommendations included within it. The NHS remains one of the top issues following the recent election and patient power will be crucial. Page 6

3 MILLION LIVES A mediocre 45% of CCGs have agreed new models of technology provision with providers. 36% of Trusts reported such an agreement. As in other areas, the regional variation is very great. East Midlands Trusts and CCGs performed extremely well. In relation to CQUINs, there is great room for improvement, with only 5% of trusts reporting qualifying for a payment. Innovation, Health and Wealth sets out that dramatic (and independently evaluated) reductions in emergency attendances, admissions, levels of mortality and hospital bed days are possible through the spread of telehealth and telecare. Accelerating the use of these assistive technologies could improve 3 million lives over five years. 45% of CCGs have agreed new models of technology provision with providers. The variation is from 15% in the Eastern region to 71% in the East Midlands. 36% of Trusts reported agreeing new models of technology provision using the Whole System Demonstrator programme for the uptake of telehealth or of telecare. % of CCGs agreeing new models of technology provision with providers East Midlands 71% South East 59% Yorkshire and the Humber 50% South West 50% West Midlands 44% North West 40% London 37% North East 25% Eastern 15% Page 7

The same regions perform best and worst in particular areas. Region Has this been done in the field of diabetes care? Has this been done in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Has this been done in the field of coronary heart disease? East Midlands 100% 89% 100% West Midlands 43% 46% 33% South West 33% 30% 30% North West 21% 27% 38% South East 19% 68% 64% Yorkshire & Humber 13% 45% 19% North East 11% 25% 25% London 8% 30% 25% Eastern 0% 0% 0% 11% of CCGs agreed payments relating to 3 Million Lives. Four of England s nine regions had no CCGs agreeing these payments. % of CCGs agreeing payments relating to 3 Million Lives North West 22% South East 21% East Midlands 17% London 13% West Midlands 8% North East 0% Yorkshire and the Humber 0% South West 0% Eastern 0% 5% of Trusts reported qualifying for one of these payments. Very few Trusts were able to provide figures, but those few that did ranged from 50,000 to 672,360. Trusts were almost twice as likely to have agreed new models of technology provision for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as in diabetes care. Has this been done in diabetes care? Has this been done in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? Has this been done in Coronary Heart Disease? 22% 40% 36% Page 8

INTRA-OPERATIVE FLUID MANAGEMENT/ OESOPHAGEAL DOPPLER MONITORING A mediocre 40% of CCGs were working with local providers on IOFM targets. There is much room for improvement. A mere 11% of CCGs had agreed CQUIN payment incentives in this area. 17% of Trusts qualified for these payments. A similarly poor picture emerges from data on local targets. 11% of CCGs had identified a local target for the relevant procedures. Encouraging, the proportion of procedures carried out using IOFM has risen quickly year on year. Oesophagael Doppler Monitoring is minimally invasive technology used by anaesthetists during surgery to assess the fluid status of patients and ensure that fluid and drugs are administered safely. Innovation, Health & Wealth describes estimates of 800,000 patients benefiting, and annual financial savings of 400 million. The drive is to ensure full implementation of ODM and similar fluid monitoring technology across the NHS. 40% of CCGs were working with local providers to establish targets for the adoption of IOFM. This ranged from 16% in London to 67% in the South West. 11% of CCGs agreed % of CCGs working with local providers on the adoption of IOFM South West 67% Eastern 57% East Midlands 53% North East 50% Yorkshire and the Humber 50% North West 36% South East 31% West Midlands 27% London 16% % of CCGs agreeing payments relating to IOFM East Midlands 22% South West 21% North East 17% South East 13% Yorkshire and the Humber 8% London 0% West Midlands 0% North West 0% Eastern 0% Page 9

payments relaying to IOFM. Four of England s nine regions had no CCGs agreeing these payments. 11% of CCGs identified a local target for procedures listed in appendix 3 of the IOFM implementation pack or for other relevant high risk surgery in 2012/13. In 2013/14, the figure was 24%. In 2014/15 the figure was 12%. The average for the three years was 16%. Trusts reported carrying out an average of 265 IOFM procedures in 2012/13, ranging from 0 to 1,476. This rose to an average of 418 in 2013/14. Some Trusts admitted carrying out none of the procedures identified in appendix 3 of the NTAC guidance using intra-operative fluid management technologies, while one managed it for 82% of the procedures. In 2012/13, those Trusts who responded carried out just over a quarter of them 28% - using IOFM. The following year, this rose to 54%. Year % of procedures identified in NTAC guidance using IOFM 2012/13 28% % of all procedures carried out using IOFM 2013/14 54% 33% 2014/15 (estimate) 62% 58% 2015/16 (estimate) 65% 63% Only 17% of Trusts had qualified for a CQUIN payment relating to IOFM. The average payment for those who qualified was 385,000 in 2013/14. The maximum was 640,000. Page 10

CHILD IN A CHAIR IN A DAY Data reveals poor implementation on all measures for child in Innovation, Health and Wealth recognised that NHS waiting times for wheelchairs for disabled children could be longer than 6 months taking up to 200 days or more. The promised Child in a chair in a day programme aimed at dramatically scaling back these delays working with the charity Whizz-Kidz, the ambition is to get disabled children into an appropriate wheelchair within a day. % of CCGs agreeing payments relating to Child in a Chair in a Day a chair in a day. South East 11% West Midlands 10% London 5% East Midlands 0% North East 0% Yorkshire & Humber 0% South West 0% North West 0% Eastern 0% But only 4% of CCGs who responded had agreed payments relaying to Child in a Chair in a Day. They were all in the West Midlands, London or the South East. Only 12% of Trusts had developed an action plan around the delivery of mobility services for children based on the best performing providers identified through Innovation, Health and Wealth. Very few Trusts were able to give an average waiting time for Page 11

children requiring wheelchairs. Those which could averaged 52 days in 2012/13 and 54 days in 2013/14. While a clear improvement on the 200 days mentioned above, it falls short of the ambitious one day target. Questions about CQUIN payments were similarly poorly answered. One Trust reported a payment of 250,000 in 2013/14, with another estimating it would receive 95,219 in 2014/15 and 119,525 in 2015/16. Page 12

INTERNATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY Only 6% of CCGs agreed payments in relation to International and Commercial Activity. A mere 7% of Trusts qualified. Far more impressive is the progress by Trusts in developing a strategy to make use of commercial intellectual property they developed. Almost two thirds of Trusts had a strategy in place, with the majority of them working with an Academic Health Science Network. Innovation, Health & Wealth sets out how NHS organisations would be required to work with the NHS Improvement Body supported by UK Trade and Investment to explore opportunities to increase national and international health care activity. % of CCGs agreeing payments relating to International and Commercial Activity South West 25% South East 13% North West 11% West Midlands 0% London 0% East Midlands 0% North East 0% The reality has been very disappointing. 6% of CCGs agreed payments relating to International and Commercial Yorkshire & Humber Eastern 0% 0% Activity. These 6% of CCGs were concentrated in only three regions: the South East, South West and North West. Only 7% of Trusts reported qualifying for a CQUIN payment relating to this high-impact innovation. Those Trusts estimated payments ranging from 225,605 to 415,000 in 2013/14 and 2014/15. 64% of Trusts had put in place a strategy to exploit the value of commercial intellectual property developed at the Trust. Of these Trusts, 39% had done so independently the other 61% did so in collaboration with an Academic Health Science Network. Page 13

DIGITAL BY DEFAULT On the whole, CCGs and Trusts are working very well together on Digital by Default. But regional variation reveals those areas of the country where improvement is needed. This is one of the better areas for CCGs offering CQUIN payments and Trusts qualifying for them. But this is true only because in other areas Innovation, Health and Wealth has been very poor: a mere 20% of Trusts reported qualifying for CQUIN payments for Digital by Default. Innovation, Health and Wealth recognises that % of CCGs working with local providers on Digital by Default reducing unnecessary interaction means less East Midlands 93% inconvenience for Eastern 83% patients and saves NHS resources. Every 1% reduction in face to face contact saves 200 million. Examples of how to innovate in this area South West South East London North West West Midlands 75% 74% 68% 65% 56% Digital by Default - Yorkshire & Humber 48% included simple emails to patients when a test result proved negative, North East 18% and conducting some consultations by telephone. An impressive 73% of Trusts reported that they are working with local commissioners. Likewise 69% of CCGs are now working with local providers on digital by default. But there is huge variation by region - from 93% in the East Midlands to 18% in the North East. The number of CCGs and Trusts in contracting discussions relating to the ten initiatives varied greatly (see column 1). The number of Trusts identifying the ten digital initiatives as applying them followed a similar, though more extreme, pattern (column 2). Page 14

18% of CCGs had CQUIN payments relating to Digital by Default. CCGs Trusts Appointment reminders 63% 90% Mobile working in community nursing 56% 54% Secondary Care clinic letters 55% 77% Remote delivery of test results 52% 70% Appointment booking online 48% 59% Remote follow up in Secondary Care 43% 71% Post-surgical remote follow up 34% 48% Primary care pre-assessment 30% 13% Pre-operative screening online 21% 41% Minor ailments online assessment 17% 11% 20% of Trusts reported qualifying for one of these payments, which ranged from 64,000 to 3.75 million in 2013/14. The average was 768,000. Trusts expected these fall slightly to 694,000 the following year before reaching 1.43 million in 2015/16. % of CCGs with CQUIN payments relating to Digital by Default South West 36% North West 28% London 24% East Midlands 23% South East 19% Yorkshire & Humber 10% North East 8% West Midlands 7% Eastern 0% Page 15

SUPPORT FOR CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA This is the area in which CCGs and Trusts have made the greatest progress. An excellent 94% of CCGs are working with local providers to ensure carers receive relevant information where there is a diagnosis of dementia. 75% reflect this in their commissioning strategies. 91% of Trusts had a strategy in place. Innovation Health & Wealth calls on the NHS to commission dementia services in line with NICE-SCIE guidance on supporting people with dementia. In this area, both CCGs and Trusts have achieved a great deal. 94% of CCGs have discussed with local providers their plans to ensure that carers of patients admitted to hospital where there is a diagnosis of dementia receive relevant information. 75% reflect this high impact innovation in their local commissioning strategies. % of CCGs which have discussed plans with local providers East Midlands 100% Yorkshire & Humber 100% Eastern 100% London 96% North West 96% West Midlands 92% North East 91% South West 90% South East 86% 47% of CCGs reported they had formulated a CQUIN criterion relating to this high impact innovation. There was huge regional variation from 11% in the North East to 85% in the Eastern region. 91% of Trusts had in place a strategy to ensure that for every person admitted to hospital where there is a diagnosis of dementia Page 16

More than half of CCGs had failed to formulate CQUIN criteria for this area, suggesting real room for improvement. But this compared favourably to other area. A full 49% of Trusts qualified for a CQUIN payment in this area. their carer is sign-posted to relevant advice and receives relevant information to support them. 49% of Trusts had qualified for a CQUIN payment relating to this high impact innovation. These payments ranged from 10,000 to 1.6 million. They averaged an estimated 134,423 in 2013/14 and 224,095 in 2014/15. % of CCGs reflecting this high impact innovation in their local commissioning strategies Eastern 91% East Midlands 90% Yorkshire & Humber 88% London 75% North West 75% West Midlands 73% South West 70% South East 67% North East 55% % of CCGs who have formulated a CQUIN payment relaying to this high impact innovation Eastern 85% South West 67% West Midlands 57% London 50% North West 46% Yorkshire & Humber 40% South East 37% East Midlands 29% North East 11% Page 17

GLOSSARY CQUIN - e CQUIN payment framework enables commissioners to reward excellence, by linking a proportion of English healthcare providers' income to the achievement of local quality improvement goals. Page 18

e Medical Technology Group e MTG is a coalition of patient groups, research charities and medical device manufacturers working to improve access to cost effective medical technologies for everyone who needs them. Our membership ranges from national charities such as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Patients Association, to international companies including Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic. e common purpose of the MTG is to increase patient access to the best diagnostic, imaging, surgical and supported-living technologies on the NHS. Appropriate use of medical technology provides value for money to the NHS, patients and taxpayers. It can improve clinical outcomes and experiences of patients and supports the wellbeing and personal development of individuals. It can also help to achieve savings to the NHS and other areas of public spending in a tight budgetary climate by improving independence, supporting care closer to home, and enabling faster rehabilitation a er surgery as just a few examples. Patient access to proven medical technology is not as good as it should be in the UK. For example, insulin pumps are NICE approved for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes but uptake stands at 4% compared to 35% in the USA. Mainstreaming medical technology is an important part of the quality and efficiency agenda for today s NHS. We need to foster a culture of improvement in the NHS so that: patients are empowered to access the technology that could help them to manage their condition and get on with their lives; commissioners are equipped to plan and deliver services that address growing patient need cost effectively; clinicians can harness technologies wherever it can best support the outcomes and experiences of the patient. MTG Membership ABHI AdvaMed AntiCoagulation Europe ARMA Arrhythmia Alliance Arthritis Care Atrial Fibrillation Association BD Bladder and Bowel Foundation Boston Scientific British Cardiac Patients Association C R Bard Cardiomyopathy Association Diabetes UK Eucomed FABLE FEmISA Heart Research UK ICD Group INPUT International Alliance of Patients' Organizations JDRF Johnson & Johnson Lindsay Leg Club Medtronic National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society Pancreatic Cancer Pelvic Pain Support Network Roche Diagnostics SADS UK Smiths Medical Smith & Nephew St Jude Medical STARS Stryker e Circulation Foundation e Patients Association e Pumping Marvellous Foundation Transplant Support Network Page 19

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