The HFEA Information for quality consultation - want your views

Information plays an increasingly important role in all our lives and in the provision of public services. In education, health and many other areas, online services aim to help service users to make better-informed choices and to help service providers monitor their own performance. The HFEA is working with other government organisations, through the National Information Board, to maximise the use of data and technology across the health and care system – to benefit patients, professionals, citizens and taxpayers. Information for Quality (IfQ) is our own contribution to that effort: an ambitious programme to transform the way we collect, use and publish information to benefit patients, the public and clinics. Here we set out how we plan to modernise our information services and ask for your views about some of the changes we want to make. This website sets out both our plans and proposals, which falls into three strands: - The information we collect - How clinics submit data to us - How we publish information Having read our plans, we ask that you consider the issues we set out on subsequent pages (which you can navigate to from the bottom of each page). These are designed to get you thinking about our proposals and what they could mean for you or your service. You can download a copy of all the information and questions we set out on this website should you wish to share and discuss with colleagues. You can feed in your views by completing our online survey by 12 November, or, if you are a professional working in the sector, attending one of our consultation workshops.