NJR
Best Practice Tariff
NJR Best Practice Tariff
Since 2014, NJR data has been used for determining NHS provider compliance with the Best Practice Tariff for primary hip and knee replacements in England. NJR Compliance measures the proportion of cases reported to NJR, compared to cases reported to other sources of comparative data, such as HES. This provides a basis for NJR to report on the completeness of its data. NJR Compliance is also used as part of the Best Practice Tariff calculation for hip and knee surgery.
Best Practice Tariff Data
Data presented on this page below relates to a twelve-month period and is updated quarterly: April, July, October and December.
NJR Compliance
NJR Compliance measures the proportion of cases reported to NJR, compared to cases reported to other sources of comparative data, such as HES. This provides a basis for NJR to report on the completeness of its data. NJR Compliance is also used as part of the Best Practice Tariff calculation for hip and knee surgery.
Where cases are outsourced to another provider, but reported through HES by the originally commissioned Trust, some procedures may be reported as ‘missing’ from the NJR. This is because the corresponding NJR record will have been submitted by the outsourced provider and the HES record does not accurately record the identity of that outsourced provider.
Outcourcing Cases to another provider – advice on codes to use
Where cases are outsourced to another provider, but reported through HES by the originally commissioned trust, some procedures may be reported as ‘missing’ from the NJR. This is because the corresponding NJR record will have been submitted by the outsourced provider and the HES record does not accurately record the identity of that outsourced provider. To prevent such cases being reported as ‘missing’ from the NJR, it is essential to complete the ORGANISATION SITE IDENTIFIER OF TREATMENT code field in SUS with the NACS code (formerly the ODS code) of the organisation to which the procedure has been outsourced. Completion of this field enables NJR to exclude the record from the data it expects to be recorded for the Trust, whilst also enabling NJR to ensure that the corresponding record has been submitted by the outsourced provider.
Another important reason to complete the SITETREP field in SUS with the appropriate ORGANISATION SITE IDENTIFIER OF TREATMENT code whenever you sub-contract qualifying arthroplasty procedures to other hospitals, is that it ensures that any subcontracting activity is not only picked up but also that the subscription cost for this particular procedure won’t be attributed the Trust. We are unable to track any movements in activity regarding this without this field being completed. It also ensures NJR compliance information is accurate in relation to achieving Best Practice Tariff.
Any queries should be directed to the NJR Service Desk using the following contact details:
Telephone: 0845 345 9991
Email: enquiries@njrcentre.org.uk Best Practice Tariff Data
Best Practice Tariff Data
The data below relate to a twelve-month period and is updated quarterly: April, July, October and December.
October 2023 (data run on 15 September 2023)
July 2023 (data run on 21 June 2023)
April 2023 (data run on 15 March 2023)
January 2023 (data run on 6 December 2022)
October 2022 (data run on 15 September 2022)
Please note that there is no compliance in the NHS file as we have not received the latest quarterly data file from NHSD.
July 2022 (data run on 15 June 2022)
April 2022 (data run on 15 March 2022)
January 2022 (data run on 10 December 2021)
October 2021 (data run on 15 September 2021)
July 2021 (data run on 15 June 2021)
April 2021 (data run on 15 March 2021)
January 2021 (data run on 9 December 2020)
October 2020 (data run on 15 September 2020)
July 2020 (data run on 23 June 2020)
April 2020 (data run on 20 March 2020)
The April BPT NHS file was created with no compliance figures due to missing Hospital Episodes Data.