Common use of Performance Thresholds Clause in Contracts

Performance Thresholds. The Provider will meet the acceptable and work towards the achievable programme standards. Where national recommendation for acceptable standards, KPIs and the results of internal and external quality assurance checks are made, the Provider will be expected to develop action plans. The plan will respond to any performance issues highlighted by the commissioners, having regard to any concerns raised via any feedback from service users. The plan will contain defined timescales and responsibilities and will be agreed with the commissioners. The acceptable threshold is the lowest level of performance which screening services are expected to attain. All screening services should exceed the acceptable threshold have plans to meet the achievable threshold. Screening services not meeting the acceptable threshold are expected to put in place recovery plans to deliver rapid and sustained improvement. The achievable threshold represents the level at which the screening service is likely to be running optimally. All screening services should aspire to attain and maintain performance at or above this level. Screening standards give a high-level overview of the quality of screening programmes at key points on the screening pathway. They contribute to the quality assurance of screening programmes but are not, in themselves, sufficient to quality assure or performance manage screening services.

Performance Thresholds. The Provider will meet the acceptable and work towards the achievable programme standards. Where national recommendation for acceptable standards, KPIs and the results of internal and external quality assurance checks are made, the Provider will be expected to develop action plans. The plan will respond to any performance issues highlighted by the commissioners, having regard to any concerns raised via any feedback from service users. The plan will contain defined timescales and responsibilities and will be agreed with the commissioners. The acceptable threshold is the lowest level of performance which screening services are expected to attain. All screening services should exceed the acceptable threshold and have plans to meet the achievable threshold. Screening services not meeting the acceptable threshold are expected to put in place recovery plans to deliver rapid and sustained improvement. The achievable threshold represents the level at which the screening service is likely to be running optimally. All screening services should aspire to attain and maintain performance at or above this level. Screening standards give a high-level overview of the quality of screening programmes programme at key points on the screening pathway. They contribute to the quality assurance of the screening programmes programme but are not, in themselves, sufficient to quality assure or performance manage screening services. To ensure the quality of the screening procedures, bowel cancer screening patients need to be scoped on dedicated screening lists. There should be a maximum of 4 index BCSP colonoscopy patients on a screening list at any time. If the screener is in agreement, a site check patient may be added to the end of the list.