The Better Care, Better Value indicators website provides information on the indicators and the overall programme. The indicators are supported by a web-based tool, NHS indicator explorer, which has been developed in partnership with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, the Department of Health and Dr Foster Intelligence. To download the NHS indicators or for more information go to: www.productivity.nhs.uk.

Better Care, Better Value indicators virtual workshops

We are currently hosting a series of virtual workshops to help you get optimum benefit from what the Better Care, Better Value indicators are telling you.

Workshops

Find out more about the workshops, due to take place in early 2010.

Better Care, Better Value indicators

If every organisation (provider and commissioner) improved its performance to match that of the top quartile in each Better Care, Better Value (BCBV) indicator, NHS England could realise £2.4 billion in productivity benefits.

The Better Care, Better Value indicators reveal the potential to make significant cash or resource savings whilst improving quality. However, the key issue is what has to be done to actually realise the benefits. For this reason we have introduced the 'Converting the potential into reality' guides - one is aimed at NHS commissioners and the other is for provider organisations. These guides contain ten steps that commissioners/providers can take to use the BCBV indicators to maximum effect to improve quality and increase productivity.

• Converting the Potential into Reality: 10 steps a provider can take to realise the benefits of the Better Care, Better Value indicators www.institute.nhs.uk/pctportal or www.productivity.nhs.uk

 Download the BCBV guide for providers (960.09 KB)

• Converting the Potential into Reality: 10 steps a commissioner can do to realise the benefits of the Better Care, Better Value indicators www.institute.nhs.uk/pctportal or www.productivity.nhs.uk

 Download the BCBV guide for commissioners (1.42 MB)