ESPAUR Report 2021 to 2022 Chapter 5: NHS England Improvement and Assurance Schemes †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Primary Care—Reducing Avoidable Antibiotic Prescribing
2.1. The NHS System Oversight Framework
2.2. The NHS System Oversight Framework Metrics and Targets for 2021–2022
2.3. Performance against the NHS System Oversight Framework for 2021–2022
3. Community Pharmacy—The NHS Pharmacy Quality Scheme
3.1. The Pharmacy Quality Scheme
3.2. The Pharmacy Quality Scheme Metrics and Targets for 2021–2022
3.3. Performance agains the Pharmacy Quality Scheme for 2021–2022
4. Secondary Care—Reducing Avoidable Antibiotic Prescribing in NHS Trust Providers of Acute Care
4.1. The NHS Standard Contract
4.2. The NHS Standard Contract Metrics and Targets for 2021–2022
4.3. Performance against the NHS Standard Contract for 2021–2022
5. Secondary Care—Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN)
6. NHS England Plans from 2022 to 2023
6.1. FutureNHS AMR Programme Workspace
6.2. NHS Oversight Framework from 2022 to 2023
6.3. NHS Standard Contrct from 2022 to 2023
6.4. NHS Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Framework from 2022 to 2023
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Code | AMR Metric Description | Target 1 |
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SO44a | Antimicrobial resistance: total prescribing of antibiotics in primary care The number of antibiotic (antibacterial) items prescribed in primary care, divided by the item-based Specific Therapeutic Group Age-Sex Related Prescribing Unit (STAR-PU) per annum. | At or less than 0.871 items per STAR-PU |
SO44b | Antimicrobial resistance: proportion of broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing in primary care The number of broad-spectrum antibiotic (antibacterial) items from co-amoxiclav, cephalosporin class, and fluoroquinolone class drugs as a percentage of the total number of antibacterial items prescribed in primary care. | At or less than 10% |
Contract Year | Target Reduction in Antibiotic Consumption from Calendar Year 2018 Baseline | Number of Trusts that Met Requirement | Antibiotic Consumption Value at Year End |
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2019–2020 | 1% reduction in total DDD 1 per 1000 admissions (cf. 2018) | 43/145 (30%) | 4612 DDD per 1000 admissions |
2020–2021 | Suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic | N/A | N/A |
2021–2022 | 2% reduction in total DDD per 1000 admissions (cf. 2018) | 69/138 (50%) | 4465 DDD per 1000 admissions |
2022–2023 | 4.5% reduction in DDD per 1000 admissions for antibiotics from the WHO “Watch” and “Reserve” categories (cf. 2018) | Current | Current |
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Hand, K.; Ashiru-Oredope, D.; Beech, E.; Bou-Antoun, S.; Damant, G.; Fleming, N.; Hayes, C.; Howard, P.; Jamieson, C.; McLeod, M.; et al. ESPAUR Report 2021 to 2022 Chapter 5: NHS England Improvement and Assurance Schemes. Med. Sci. Forum 2022, 15, 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/msf2022015016
Hand K, Ashiru-Oredope D, Beech E, Bou-Antoun S, Damant G, Fleming N, Hayes C, Howard P, Jamieson C, McLeod M, et al. ESPAUR Report 2021 to 2022 Chapter 5: NHS England Improvement and Assurance Schemes. Medical Sciences Forum. 2022; 15(1):16. https://doi.org/10.3390/msf2022015016
Chicago/Turabian StyleHand, Kieran, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Elizabeth Beech, Sabine Bou-Antoun, Gillian Damant, Naomi Fleming, Catherine Hayes, Philip Howard, Conor Jamieson, Monsey McLeod, and et al. 2022. "ESPAUR Report 2021 to 2022 Chapter 5: NHS England Improvement and Assurance Schemes" Medical Sciences Forum 15, no. 1: 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/msf2022015016