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SUMMARY:Is the NHS safe? Statistical analysis and healthcare regulation - 
 Professor D.J. Spiegelhalter\, Statistical Laboratory\, University of Camb
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DESCRIPTION:The Healthcare Commission is the independent regulator of the 
 NHS in England\, and carries out inspections\, investigations\, and annual
  ratings of all hospitals and primary care trusts. They have a commitment 
 to the 'intelligent use' of the vast quantity of information to which they
  have access\, and we have recently been collaborating in the development 
 and application of appropriate statistical methods. Solutions to a range o
 f challenges will be described: allowance for chance variability around ta
 rgets set for MRSA reductions in hospitals\, a major re-design of the enti
 re hospital inspection regime into a 'risk-based' system\, and the design 
 of an automatic surveillance system for large numbers of indicators on hun
 dreds of organisations. Technical issues include allowance for over-disper
 sion\, hierarchical aggregation of performance indicators\, risk-adjusted 
 sequental analysis\, and the control of false discovery rates. \n
LOCATION:MR12\, CMS\, Wilberforce Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 0WB
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