PSI AND THE WORLD OUTSIDE CENTRAL UK GOVERNMENT:

People, health, and local government, in England

Michael JenningsAPPSI Member

(with thanks to Dean White and Hugh Neffendorf )

APPSI 1 February 2012

Why PSI?

• Citizen Engagement – Information, Choice, Accountability

• Service Delivery• Business Development and Economic Growth

• Interactions - Transactions - Transformations

Why PSI?

• Raw Data - Tailored Information• Needs - Performance• Plan - Do (Apply - Transact - Deliver)

- Review - Account• Safe - Satisfactory - Successful

Government ViewAutumn Statement 2011

• Making more public sector information available will help catalyse new markets and innovative products and services as well improving standards and transparency in public services

• Access and data linking to core datasets on weather, transport, health, school information and learning services, and welfare – for personal and commercial use

Government ViewAutumn Statement 2011

• Open Data Institute (standards), Data Strategy Board (commissioning), Public Data Group (delivery)

• Core data sets “free” at point of delivery, but charging not ruled out in commercialisation

People’s viewBritish Social Attitudes Survey 2011

1. Less political engagement and trust2. Less socially democratic3. More socially segregated, particularly

through education4. Want choice in schools, but also local, and

with ability to buy better5. More acceptance of fees, but less for

expansion, in higher education6. Less concern about the environment

People’s viewBritish Social Attitudes Survey 2011

7. Concern about congestion, but not willing to use car less

8. Want home ownership, but not new houses nearby, unless with community facilities

9. Highest support for NHS, linked to waiting times10. Good place to live; children generally well-

behaved but less than in the past11.Child poverty like to grow, due to poor parents:

task for central & local government12. Less religious

Health

NHS Information Centre – Indicator Portal

• Population• Service provision• Disease• Treatments• Metadata

Health

NHS Choices• A- Z of conditions and treatments• Health Services near you (GPs, hospitals,

dentists)– Key Facts– Quality & Safety– What people say– What staff say– Facilities and other services

• Live Well – healthy living advice• Carers Direct

Health

NHS Connecting for Health• National data sources, e.g.

– NHS organisation lists– Choose & Book– Transfer of E-prescriptions

• Clinical 5 (exempt from PSI)– Patient Administration System– Ordering and receiving diagnostics– Letters (with coding)– Scheduling– E-prescribing

• Service level and patient level costing

HealthGovernment announcements• Primary and secondary and prescribing anonymised

data to be made available to life sciences (N.B. Biobank)• Summary care record• GP Practice data• NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13

– 5 domains– 12 overarching indicators– 27 improvement areas– 60 indicators

• Health & Social Care bill – commitment to PSI• Health Research Authority

Local Government (1)

• Cabinet Office – emergency planning/management

• CLG – housing, planning, fire & rescue• DBIS – economic development, regulatory

services• DCMS – culture, sport, lottery funds• DoE – schools, colleges, youth provision• DEFRA – environment, flood prevention,

pollution, rural affairs, animal health• DoH – health and social care

Local Government (2)

• HO – police and community safety• MoJ – criminal and youth justice• DoT – roads (and roadworks), public

transport• DFID – elections and development• DWP – benefits, job centres• Treasury - money• FCO - ?

Local Government (3) • Over 700 distinct functions• All can require or generate information• More delivery and interaction with the citizen (including

businesses) than most public sector• Experienced at co-ordinated procurement (e.g.

Census, OS), and supply (e.g. NAG)• A mix of transparency data and resources that can

support the information economy• Not all local government data is appropriate for re-use• Councils have historically been more open than the

rest of the public sector (though some are recalcitrant) – little evidence so far of further demand or new applications

Local Government

Government Code of Practice (1)• Expenditure over £500• Grants and payments to the voluntary and social

enterprise sector• Senior salaries over £58,200• Organisational chart• Councillor allowances and expenses• Contracts and tenders• Policies, performance, audits and key indicators on the

authorities’ fiscal and financial position• Data on the democratic running of the authority including

constitution, election results, committee minutes, decision-making processes, and decisions

Local Government

Government Code of Practice (2)• Public data – objective factual non-personal data

collected during service delivery• Demand led – let public decide, not pre-determine• Publication – open and machine readable• Timeliness – Quickly in raw format, with rectification

following if required

Local Government

Local government response• Hardly localism, but…• Most already published, except for contracts and

tenders, and payments were shown at a higher level

• Concern over fraud (councils have already reported to the Audit Commission that they have detected over £7m of attempted fraud using the publication of the data)

Local Government

Information Commissioner• Consultation of publication scheme (22:12:2012)• Code of Practice on data transparency• New or amended classes of information?• New types of information required by the public?• Open format data publication• Re-use using OGL (excluding third party data)• URLs to permit data harvesting• Means of monitoring• Privacy

Local Government• Many PSI re-use issues are common to other public

sector bodies• A few data structures are statutory and centrally

mandated• Ensuring consistency (standards and content) across

450 local authorities is a challenge• How to identify and catalogue re-use potential?• Insufficient extra resources to support open agenda• Councils’ revenue generation statutorily restricted or

publicly constrained – forces emphasis on cost savings

• Reduced central capacity to promote/support open data/PSI

In conclusion…• 50% Consumerist driven approach

– Delivery, but not yet resourcing• Active consumers and businesses, but what is the

real demand/pay-off?• Mixed economy – obligations of private,

independent, and voluntary/charitable sectors where they provide public services?

• Right framework?• Right data, right information?• Data security?

– 250 laptops, 100 discs and memory sticks, 100 mobile devices, lost in last year (ICO)