NOF performance overview — audit and verification guide

Generated: 2026-06-22 21:38:46 Display quarter: Q4 2025/26

Public-data demonstration only. Not an official Dorset HealthCare report.

How to verify a figure manually

1. Open site/public-data/metadata/public_report_audit_nof_overview.csv or the HTML report audit section for the metric.
2. Note the RDY_row_identifier (Trust_code | Quarter | Metric_ID | Reporting_date).
3. Open the processed RDY extract (Processed_extract_path in the audit CSV) and locate that row.
4. Open the raw NOF data CSV (Raw_source_file in the audit CSV) and search for Trust_code=RDY and the same Metric_ID, Quarter, and Reporting_date.
5. Confirm Value, Median_value, and Rank match exactly — these are NHS England published fields, not recalculated by this demo.
6. Count comparator rows in the raw file for the same Quarter + Metric_ID + Reporting_date with a numeric Value — this should match Comparator_rows_used.
7. Check NHS England metric metadata for rank direction and clinical/operational meaning before any operational use.

Median and rank

• Median_value and Rank come directly from the NHS England NOF data CSV.
• This demo does not recompute league tables, medians, or ranks.
• Rank 1 is published by NHS England as best in the MH/community trust peer group for that metric (per NOF methodology).
• Polarity is not independently verified here — confirm against NHS England definitions.

Worked example: OF0005

• Metric: OF0005 — Percentage of patients waiting over 52 weeks for community services
• RDY row: RDY | Q4 2025/26 | OF0005 | Mar-26
• Raw file: site/public-data/raw/nof_mh_community_q4_2025_26_nhs-oversight-framework-mental-health-and-community-trust-data.csv
• Comparator rows: 42
• Median/rank source: NHS England published field in NOF data CSV — not recalculated by this demo

Worked example: OF0079

• Metric: OF0079 — Planned surplus/deficit
• RDY row: RDY | Q4 2025/26 | OF0079 | 2025/26 plan
• Raw file: site/public-data/raw/nof_mh_community_q4_2025_26_nhs-oversight-framework-mental-health-and-community-trust-data.csv
• Comparator rows: 61
• Caveat: Finance metric rank direction requires NHS England definition check before operational interpretation.

Human reviewer checklist

• Confirm publication quarter and whether a newer NOF release supersedes these figures.
• Check provisional/final status and any NHS England revisions.
• Verify RDY matching against local ODS register.
• Do not treat rank or median comparisons as significance tests.
• Obtain accountable sign-off before operational or Board use.