Reviewing indicators in the Public Health Outcome Framework 2016

When the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) was first published in 2012 there was a commitment not to make any changes for 3 years to allow it to become established during the transfer of public health responsibilities from the NHS to local authorities.

The PHOF indicators help us measure the public’s health and wellbeing.

The Department of Health now needs to make sure it is still as relevant and useful as possible, with a view to updating the indicators from April 2016.

This consultation is looking for suggestions on:

• removing ineffective indicators
• replacing or improving others where improvements in data have taken place since 2012
• adding new indicators, but only where there are important public health gaps