GIRFT MH Rehabilitation: All Inpatient Beds / OPPs 2024 (census date 20/06)

Overview

GIRFT Mental Health Rehabilitation - Inpatient Rehabilitation Beds (bi-annual data collection)

The GIRFT programme for mental health rehabilitation recommends that all mental health trusts (& health comissioners, social care commisioners, housing partners), should robustly record and monitor all OPPs, and report this on a minimum quarterly basis. You will be aware previous data collections (2019 & 2022) have been undertaken by the programme to gain a snapshot at a census date. Moving forwards, we will be collecting data on a bi-annual basis (see schedule) with the aim to:

a) monitor and analyse total rehabilitation bed stock 
b) monitor and analyse progress in reducing the number of people placed out of provider (to be held centrally by GIRFT and build into dashboards on the Model Health System in due course)
c) highlight best practice in the reduction of OPPs to share learning with other providers 
d) identify areas where more support may be required by the GIRFT programme to reduce the number of people placed in OPPs

Why your views matter

Why your views matter

NHS England Getting It Right First Time Programme (GIRFT) Information Governance Notice

Why are we collecting the data?

The results from the questionnaire will be used to support NHS England duty under the Health and Care Act 2022 to protect and promote the interests of people who use health care services by promoting provision of health care services which are, inter alia, economic, efficient and effective.

GIRFT is a national programme overseen by NHS England that aims to deliver quality improvement in patient outcomes through peer-to-peer discussion with clinicians and managers in trust and wider local partners.  It combines wide-ranging data analysis with the input and professional knowledge of clinicians to examine how things are currently being done and how they could be improved.

Results from the questionnaire will be used for only two purposes: (1) to support GIRFT deep dive or GIRFT implementation meetings in hospitals and networks; (2) to support recommendations in the GIRFT national specialty report.

The type and level of data being collected

The questionnaire will not collect patient identifiable information. The questions cover both quantatative and qualitative themes. Most responses will be either yes/no or numbers, both of which GIRFT may use for benchmarking analysis.

The questionnaire may request the name and contact details of the person who submitted responses to allow GIRFT to follow-up for clarification of answers.

Who will access the data and how will it be further shared?

The results from the questionnaire will be stored within the secure IT environment managed by NHS England and will never leave this environment. Data will be accessed only by a small number of GIRFT staff that have NHS England permission to use the data for NHS England purposes. The secure NHS England IT data environment is regularly backed up and data will be stored until no longer required for the purpose of the implementation of the GIRFT programme.  NHS England may also share the data internally with NHS England regional and national teams to support our wider efficiency and productivity programmes and delivery of all statutory responsibilities of NHS England.

Data Quality and Validation

Before you submit your Trust's questionnaire, it is worth noting that NHS England will not validate any answers. Please ensure that you check the quality of your data (in terms of both accuracy and completeness) before submission.