"Casemix in 2012/13 and beyond" presentation, HFMA Conference, 2011

At the annual HFMA Conference 2011, the Casemix Service from the NHS Information Centre presented a session entitled ‘Casemix in 2012/13 and Beyond' which explored future Casemix developments.

• Download the presentation slides

Any questions regarding the content of the slides should be marked for the attention of the Casemix Service and sent to enquiries@ic.nhs.uk.

Casemix team win international award for innovation

Principal information design consultant Paula Monteith accepted the award on behalf of the team at the annual conference of the Patient Classification Systems International (PCSI) conference.

The team won the award for their work developing HRG4+ and the concept of ‘patient pathway groups' (PPGs) which seek to identify the typical pathway of care people with different types of long term condition might follow over a period such as a year.

In addition to the team award, Paula was invited to become a member of the scientific committee of PCSI, joining Ginny Jordan who has been a member since 2006. Ginny also represents Europe on the PCSI executive committee and was re-elected Treasurer at this year's conference.

The 27th PCSI annual conference was attended by some 200 delegates from 32 countries.

For more information about PCSI please visit their website at:

www.pcsinternational.org

Casemix announce new Expert Working Group Chair of Chairs

Casemix Clinical Leads are nominated by their Royal College or professional body for a period of three years. The previous term expired on 31 March 2010, and we have liaised with all nominating bodies to review their representation. As a number of Clinical Leads have retired or stepped down at this point, ten new Clinical Leads have been appointed.

In addition, every three years the Clinical Leads elect a new EWG Chair of Chairs to represent the interests of the Casemix Clinical Leads and EWG Members in a number of areas, including the DH Clinical Advisory Panel. This year Bill Aylward, Consultant Ophthalmologist and for the last eight years Medical Director at Moorfields Eye Hospital, has been elected to the role.

Revised list of EWG members

Getting the right mix

The NHS relies on a constant flow of information to improve services but has not always had such good mechanisms in place to capture and process data - read more

• Getting the right mix (Sept/Oct 2010 edition of nhe)