How SUS supports Commissioners

World-class commissioning in the NHS means that the provision of high-quality, up-to-date information has never been more important. Information on the use of healthcare resources is critical to the success of Practice Based Commissioning. The NHS Comparators service enables general practices to analyse variations in the use of services across practice populations and to identify areas that may benefit from the redesign of services. SUS will support by By undertaking standard processing such as the correct grouping of activity and application of national tariffs once, SUS provides the opportunity to minimise the transaction costs associated with the comprehensive implementation of Payment by Results. SUS will manage new data flows to enable the analysis necessary to support the achievement of the Government's target of a maximum waiting time from referral to treatment of 18 weeks.