Appendix 1

Table A. Improving Child and Family Health – Performance Indicators
Performance Indicators	Data Provider	Baseline Data	1 August – 31 October 2007	1 November 2007 – 31 January 2008	1 February – 30 June 2008	Year to date – 30 June 2008	Milestones or targets		Comments
A1. Number of child health checks undertaken	DoHA	n/a	3,184	2,607	2,651	9,428¹	n/a²	AIHW Child Health Checks (CHC) AIHW Child Health Checks (CHC) AIHW Child Health Checks (CHC)	Further child health checks were undertaken through the Medicare Benefits Scheme (see text).
A2. Number of all types of referrals (including specialist referrals) by treatment type³ (Unless otherwise specified figures relate to referrals rather than children).	DoHA	n/a	1,946 children received one or more referrals. 3,103 referrals in total. Primary Health Care – 1,135 Dental – 829 Tympanometry & audiology - 328 Paediatrician- 371 ENT -208 All other - 232	1,618 children received one or more referrals. 2,673 referrals in total Primary Health Care – 932 Dental – 846 Tympanometry & audiology - 187 Paediatrician- 291 ENT -229 All other - 188	2,017 children received one or more referrals. 3,788 referrals in total Primary Health Care – 1,079 Dental – 1,124 Tympanometry & audiology - 581 Paediatrician- 355 ENT - 258 All other - 391	5,861 children received one or more referrals. 9,942 referrals in total Primary Health Care – 3,316 Dental – 2,901 Tympanometry & audiology – 1,145 Paediatrician- 1,023 ENT -720 All other - 837	n/a
A3. Number of children who have received audiology follow up⁴	DoHA	n/a	0	0	649	649	100% of those referred for audiology		Data on the total number of children referred for audiology follow up is not yet available,
A4. Number of children who have received dental follow up	DoHA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	100% of those referred for dental treatment		Validated data not yet available (see Dental services data page 4)
A5. Number of additional Alcohol and Other Drugs Outreach Workers and community support workers employed in selected primary care and substance use services across each region of the NT.⁵	DoHA	N/A	0	0	28 in total with coverage in each region.	28	Target – workers engaged in each region of the NT	DoHA	These measures commenced in March 08 as part of Phase 2 of the response.
A6. Number of activities funded to provide workforce training to build clinical competence and confidence of the drug and alcohol service delivery sector; and community education activities.⁶	DoHA	N/A	0	0	45	45	Target – see comments	DoHA	Target – maximise opportunities available for workforce development & community education Number funded reflects capacity of organisations.
A7. Number of occupied bed days used for alcohol treatment in Katherine and Tennant Creek hospitals, in the dedicated hospital beds.^{7, 8}	DoHA	N/A .	N/A	127 bed days used in Katherine and 82 bed days used in Tennant Creek Hospitals from 28 Oct to 30 Dec 2007	288 bed days used in Katherine and 240 bed days used in Tennant Creek Hospitals from 1 Jan to 30 June 2008. 29 of these bed days used specifically for withdrawal.	737 bed days used from 28 Oct 07 – 30 June 08 (total for both hospitals)	Target - sufficient capacity to meet demand.	NT DHF	Target met. Bed usage days indicate level of demand. Refer footnotes.
A8. Number of individuals who received alcohol treatment at Katherine & Tennant Creek hospitals, in the dedicated hospital beds.⁹	DoHA	No additional hospital bed capacity pre NTER.	N/A	Data not available.	90 at Katherine and 158 at Tennant Creek Hospitals from 1 Jan to 30 June 2008.	248 at both hospitals from 1 Jan to 30 June 2008.	Target = sufficient capacity to meet demand.	NT DHF	Target met
A9. Increased bed capacity & workers at selected residential rehabilitation centres & sobering up shelter to provide increased care & recovery options to individuals & communities	DoHA	N/A	N/A	Data not available	N/A	26 additional beds and 13 additional workers across the NT	Target = sufficient capacity to meet demand	DoHA	Pre NTER data not available. Data will become available from October 2008.
A10. Number of people accessing residential rehab facilities	DoHA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A			Data will become available from October 2008.

¹485 child health checks were delivered in July 2007 and 501 forms received in 2007-08 had the date of CHC missing. Therefore the year to date figure is higher than the sum of figures reported between 1 August 2007 and 30 June 2008.

²Targets were not established for the CHCI. See Targets/milestones on page 6.

³Referral data presented here is based on the 8,516 children for whom comparable data are available. This includes CHCs delivered in July 2007, therefore the year to date figures is higher than the sum of figures reported between 1 August 2007 and 30 June 2008.

⁴Includes 306 children who did not receive a Child Health Check. It also includes 23 children whose HRN was not recorded on their audiology form, and for which it could not be determined if they received a CHC.

⁵Numbers of workers are determined by the capacity of organisations to incorporate new models of service delivery and new staff.

⁶Formal workforce training and community education activities were funded and implemented in phase 2 of the response.

⁷Data provided for period 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2008.

⁸Methods to measure change resulting from NTER AOD measures will be developed in 2008-09.

⁹Number of patients provides an indication of the level of demand. Provision was made for 100% bed capacity for two beds at each of the two hospitals for the period 15 Sept 07 – 30 Jun 08.

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