Transparency data from the first Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB) report.
Making clinical audit data transparent
In his transparency and open data letter to cabinet ministers on 7 July 2011, the prime minister, David Cameron, made a commitment to make clinical audit data available from the national audits within the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP). This data will be released in an open and standardised format and provided annually from then onwards.
Covering 38 Fracture Liaison Services (FLSs) in England and Wales, FLS-DB audit data includes information about data completeness, case-mix and care. The data is available in a PDF format in FLS forward: Identifying high-quality care in the NHS for secondary fracture prevention.
What information is being made available?
FLS level data on care processes. The data does not include details of individual patients or any patient identifiable data.
Using and interpreting the data
Data from the FLS-DB requires careful interpretation, and the information should not be looked at in isolation when assessing standards of care. Data is provided by every participating FLS in England and Wales.
Accessing the data
The data is being made available on the data.gov.uk website and on this page. Each year one file of data from the FLS-DB will be made available in CSV format. FLSs are identified by name.
What does the data cover?
The data documents FLS level compliance with defined clinical standards for secondary fracture prevention. Details of these standards can be found in the FLS-DB audit report. The audit was initiated to measure primarily against NICE technology assessments and guidance on osteoporosis, and the National Osteoporosis Society clinical standards for FLSs