National therapeutic indicators
What is it?
- An indicator of clinical practice
- National Therapeutic Indicators (NTIs), use prescription data to provide a measure of prescribing activity in specified therapeutic areas for comparison across NHS Boards, Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs), GP clusters and GP practices
- The on-line tool shows a number of NTIs across varying localities85
- Further information and the most up to date indicators can be found here.
Who can access/use?
- Open access to anyone
- Available here
Why? What for?
- NTIs benchmark prescribing across set parameters (usually defined by expert working groups to identify areas for improvement within a particular area)
- Data is presented in a variety of ways
- Examining variation over time and can indicate where improvements in prescribing can be made
- Indicator detail provides further detail and suggested actions