NMDS-SC dashboards - project development news

Welcome to the NMDS-SC dashboards project development news webpage!

NMDS-SC dashboards pilot results - March 2012

Summary of results

• The pilot site was viewed 677 times; 276 visitors answered the survey.
• Over two thirds (69%) liked or really liked the dashboards.
• 92% of respondents felt the dashboards were easy to understand.
• 91% of respondents felt that the dashboards were presented in a user friendly way.
• 83% of respondents found navigation to be fairly or very easy.
• Negative feedback focused on too many pop-ups and browser issues.

Many thanks to everyone that took the time to visit the site and to provide feedback - it really is invaluable.

For more details on the pilot results please download the PDF summary

As the project progresses we will post all the latest updates on how the project is coming together, including screenshots, video demonstrations and access to our pilot site.

Project overview

Skills for Care has begun a project to enhance the NMDS-SC reporting offer, making the information derived from the NMDS-SC more accessible to all users. Our aim is to overhaul and modernise the NMDS-SC reporting module in order to create reports and information that engage and encourage use of NMDS-SC across the sector for workforce and business planning.

During May 2010 Skills for Care ran a number of focus groups to discuss NMDS-SC reporting. For more details on the key findings please click here. As a result of this feedback, and an awareness that the reports were due to be revisited, Skills for Care commissioned Tribal (following a full open tender exercise) to develop 'dashboards'.

New features including:

• flexible benchmarking against other providers
• key interpretation of information at a glance
• 'What is this report telling me?'
• 'What resources can help me?'

are hoped to revolutionise the way users' access and interpret NMDS-SC information - The leading source of key workforce intelligence for adult social care to make informed business decisions.

Here are some screenshots of the latest dashboard developments to give you an insight into this exciting new reporting feature that will be available to all visitors to the NMDS-SC website.