Consultant Outcomes Publication (COP)
The NHS is committed to making sure that there is more information available on how services and professionals are performing. This will have a two-fold effect in that it will improve the quality of care and also help patients to be able to make informed choices about their treatment.
To support this aim, the Consultant Outcomes Publication (COP) has been introduced to publish quality measures at the level of individual consultant doctor using National Clinical Audit and administrative data. Consultant Outcomes Publication began with 10 National Clinical Audits in 2013 and the information published is available on the NHS Choices website.
The My NHS website has now closed although a full list of data sources and links can be found here:
In 2014, the original 10 areas will begin to expand the procedures and quality measures and 3 additional areas will also be added to the publication. The full list (including links to the relevant websites) of these can be found below:
National Clinical Audit
- British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons National Audit
Specialty
Thyroid and endocrine surgery
Procedure included in COP
Thyroidectomy, lobectomy, isthmusectomy
Link
- British Association of Urological Surgeons
Specialty
Urological Surgery
Procedure included in COP
Nephrectomy
Link
- British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Audit of Adult Intervention
Specialty
Interventional cardiology
Procedure included in COP
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Link
- British Society of Urogynaecology Audit Database
Specialty
Urogynaecology
Procedure included in COP
Stress incontinence
Link
- National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit
Specialty
Adult cardiac surgery
Procedure included in COP
All cardiac surgery
Link
- National Bariatric Surgery Register
Specialty
Bariatric surgery
Procedure included in COP
Gastric bypass, gastric banding, sleeve gastrostomy
Link
- National Bowel Cancer Audit
Specialty
Colorectal surgery
Procedure included in COP
Bowel tumour removal
Link
- National Head and Neck Cancer Audit
Specialty
Head and neck surgery
Procedure included in COP
Head and neck cancer removal
Link
- National Joint Registry
Specialty
Orthopaedic surgery
Procedure included in COP
Hip replacement, knee replacement, ankle replacement, elbow replacement, shoulder replacement
Link
- National Lung Cancer Audit
Specialty
Lung Cancer
Procedure included in COP
Lung cancer surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy
Link
- National Neurosurgery Audit Programme
- National Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Audit
Specialty
Upper-gastro intestinal surgery
Procedure included in COP
Stomach cancer removal, oesophageal cancer removal
Link
- National Vascular Registry
Specialty
Vascular Surgery
Procedure included in COP
Abdominal aortic aneurism, carotid endarterectomy
Link