Scotland Performs Update

Health And Sport Committee

Scorecard

The following National Performance Framework indicators have been selected as relevant to the Health and Sport Committee for the purposes of the Draft Budget Consultation Period.

The report below shows recent performance on these indicators as at 15 December 2016.

The hyperlinks take you to the Scotland Performs website for the latest information on each indicator.

Performance Improving
	To match average European ( EU15) population growth over the period from 2007 to 2017 Improve children’s services Improve children’s dental health Increase the proportion of healthy weight children Improve the quality of healthcare experience Reduce deaths on Scotland’s roads Reduce children’s deprivation
Performance Maintaining
	Supported by increased healthy life expectancy in Scotland in the period from 2007 to 2017 ( population) Increase the proportion of young people in learning, training or work Increase the proportion of babies with a healthy birth weight Increase physical activity Improve self-assessed general health Improve mental wellbeing Improve end of life care Improve support for people with care needs Reduce emergency admissions to hospital Reduce the percentage of adults who smoke Reduce alcohol related hospital admissions Reduce the number of individuals with problem drug use Improve access to local greenspace Increase people’s use of Scotland’s outdoors Increase the proportion of journeys to work by public or active transport
Performance Worsening
	Reduce premature mortality Improve people’s perceptions of the quality of public services Reduce the proportion of individuals living in poverty

Performance Improving

Scotland's population growth was marginally higher than in the EU15 countries in 2015.

More local authorities received positive evaluations in child protection inspections in the latest period (2009-2012) than in the previous period (2006-2009).

Since 2002/03, there has been a steady increase in the percentage of Primary 1 children with no obvious tooth decay.

The proportion of healthy weight children has fluctuated around the same general level with no clear pattern between 2008 and 2015.

Patient ratings of the quality of their healthcare experience have been improving since 2010/11.

The number of people killed on Scotland's roads decreased in 2015 and is part of a long term downward trend, despite the increase in 2014.

The percentage of children living in material deprivation decreased in 2014/15 following an increase in the previous two years. In 2010/11, there was a change to the questions asked in the survey.

Performance Maintaining

Levels of healthy life expectancy have been gradually increasing since 1980.

However, there has been little change since 2008, with year-to-year fluctuations.

The proportion of school leavers in learning, training or work increased between 2008/09 and 2015/16.

The proportion of babies with a healthy birth weight increased from 88.9% to 90.1% between 2001 and 2016.

The proportion of adults meeting physical activity guidelines has been stable since 2012. Using the old guidelines, the proportion of adults meeting the recommendations was also stable between 2008 and 2012.

The percentage of adults assessing their health as 'good' or 'very good' fluctuated from 2008 to 2011 and has been more stable between 2012 and 2015.

Average adult scores on the Warwick- Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale have remained stable between 2008 and 2015.

Consistently since 2010/11, just over 85% of the last 6 months of life have been spent at home or in a community setting. In 2010/11, there was a change to how the indicator was calculated.

The percentage of people receiving personal care at home, rather than in a care home or hospital, remained stable last year.

The rate of emergency admissions to hospital remained stable between 2014 and 2015. This follows a long term upward trend.

The proportion of adults who smoke has been on an overall downward trend, with a relatively large decrease in 2013.

Alcohol related hospital admissions peaked in 2007/08. They have since declined by 22%, remaining stable in 2015/16.

The estimated number of individuals with problem drug use increased between 2006 and 2012.

The percentage of adults who live within a 5 minute walk of their local greenspace has remained about the same for the last three years.

The percentage of adults making at least one weekly visit to the outdoors has fluctuated since 2006, but remained stable in 2015.

The proportion of adults who usually travel to work by public or active transport has remained stable for the last decade.

Performance Worsening

Premature mortality increased for the first time in 2015. Despite the increase, premature mortality is at its third lowest level over the full time series, having previously decreased year-on-year for every year in recent decades.

The percentage of people who are 'very' or 'fairly' satisfied with local public services has fluctuated in recent years and decreased in 2015.

The proportion of people living in relative poverty is on a long downward trend, but has fluctuated since 2009.