Table 1 NQPS key components
| Â | Components and processes |
|---|---|
National Performance Indicators | 52 National indicators spanning government priorities |
|  |    • Governance |
|  |    • Prevention and early intervention, |
|  |    • Access |
|  |    • Integration |
|  |    • Chronic disease management |
| Â | Compulsory reporting against a subset of national indicators and choice in reporting against local programs |
| Â | PIs underpinned by a conceptual framework and technical details 4 levels of indicators from processes through to client outcomes |
Accreditation | Requirement for all Divisions to become accredited by June 2008 |
| Â | Once accredited, Divisions no longer required to report on governance indicators |
Performance Assessment | Performance against indicators is to feed into individual performance appraisal |
| Â | At the national level, analysis and benchmarking support comparison and provide an aggregated picture of performance |
| Â | Links to rewards (still to be determined) to reward high performance and support improvement |