Publications with asterisks can be ordered online as well as being downloaded. NCAS is currently reviewing all guidance papers and publications dealing with policy and operational matters so contact us for the latest information if you are intending to rely on any of this material. See our Publication Scheme for more corporate publications and information about NCAS as an organisation.
Our publications are concerned with:
What we do
Helping you manage performance concerns
Casework statistics
Evaluation, research and development
How we're run - corporate publications
Archive
NCAS Handbook (2011) (1 mb)*
Handling concerns about a practitioner's behaviour and conduct (2012) (0.2mb)
Handling concerns about practitioners' health (2011) (3.5mb)
How to conduct a local performance investigation (2010) (2.6mb)
Back on track framework for further training (2010) (0.4mb)
Handling performance concerns in primary care (under revision) (2010) (2.5mb)
Professionalism - dilemmas and lapses (2009) (pdf 2.32 mb)*
Handling Concerns about the Performance of Healthcare Professionals (2006) (pdf 0.6mb)*
Understanding Performance Difficulties In Doctors (2004) (pdf 384kb)*
Understanding Performance Difficulties In Doctors – Bibliography (2004) (pdf 4.02mb)
What to do if you have concerns about a colleague’s performance (2009) (pdf 196kb )*- advice for primary care healthcare professionals
What to do if you have concerns about a colleague's performance (2007) (welsh) (pdf 120kb)
Overview of NCAS casework, published September 2009:
NCAS Casework | The first eight years
Summary | NCAS Casework | The first eight years
Follow-up work on equality and diversity monitoring:
Concerns about professional practice and associations with age, gender, place of qualification and ethnicity - 2009/10 data (February 2011)
Performance concerns amongst doctors and possible associations with place of qualification and ethnicity (July 2010)
Regular NCAS casework activity reports - how many referrals, how many referrers, nature of concerns, case completions and outcomes:
2011/12 end-year report
2011/12 mid-year report
2010/11 end-year report
2010/11 mid-year report
2009/10 end-year report
2009/10 mid-year report
2008/09 end-year report
2007/08 end-year report
Regular reports on use of NHS exclusion and suspension from work amongst doctors and dentists in England - how many practitioners, duration of episodes, grounds for use and methods of resolution:
2011/12 end year report
2011/12 mid-year report
2010/11 end-year report
2010/11 mid-year report
2009/10 end-year report
2009/10 mid-year report
See also our publication plan for statistics.
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Factors influencing dental practitioner performance - a literature review 2011 (pdf 1.3mb)
Investigation of the value placed on NCAS services by referrers in the NHS, Full report (pdf 1.16mb)and Executive summary (pdf 219kb) - conducted by the Office of Health Economics and the Health Economics Research Unit, 2010
A review of the extension of the National Clinical Assessment Service to pharmacists 2010 (pdf 157kb)
Opinion Leader scoping of possible health issues for pharmacists (2009) (pdf 820kb)
NCAS’ Divisional Strategy for Evaluation and Research 2006 to 2009 (extended to March 2011) (pdf 112kb)
Provision of assessment and remediation for physicians about whom concerns have been expressed: an international survey (2008) (pdf 1.22mb)
Independent evaluation of the NCAS service in Northern Ireland, 2008 (pdf 239kb)
An analysis of NCAS support cases: The nature of the performance concerns, the challenges referrers face and the contribution made by NCAS , 2006 (pdf 202kb)
Establishing the value of NCAS services, 2006 (pdf 62.7kb)
Analysis of the first 50 NCAS assessment cases 2005 ,2005 (pdf 280kb)
Progress made post-assessment in the first 50 NCAS assessment cases, 2006 (pdf 125kb)
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Business Plan for 2012/13 (pdf 633kb)
Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11 (pdf 300kb)
Annual Report and Accounts 2009/10 (pdf 3.75 MB)
Annual Report and Accounts 2009/10 (Welsh pdf 4.48 MB)
Business Plan Summary - 2009/10 (pdf 70.1.KB)
Equality Scheme and Action Plan - 2009/11 (pdf 423 KB)
Corporate Plan 2008/09 - 2010/11 (pdf 750 KB)
Corporate Plan 2008/09 - 2010/11 (Welsh, pdf 580 KB)
Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09 (pdf 1.2 MB)
Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09 (Welsh, pdf 2.83 MB)
Business Plan 2008/09 (pdf 1MB)
Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 (pdf 2 MB)
Annual Report and Accounts 2007/09 (Welsh, pdf 2 MB)
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Advice
Back on Track - Restoring doctors and dentists to safe professional practice - Framework Document (2006) (pdf 355kb)
Managing dental underperformance (2006) (pdf 298kb)* - about the role of local performance schemes and NCAS in dealing with concerns about dentists performance
Casework statistics
Analysis of the first four years’ referral data (pdf 402kb) (July 2006)
2006/07 casework activity annual report (pdf 210kb)
2006/07 mid-year casework activity report (pdf 260kb)
2005/06 casework activity annual report (pdf 180kb)
Corporate - NPSA
Annual report: Summary - 2006/07 (pdf 687 KB)
Annual report: Summary - 2006/07 (Welsh, pdf 342 KB)
Annual report - 2005/06 (pdf 499 KB)
Annual report - 2004/05 (pdf 338 KB)
Annual report - 2003/04 (pdf 903 KB)
Annual report - 2002/03 (pdf 281 KB)
Business Plan Summary - 2009/10 (pdf 79.1 KB)
The Way Forward: Business plan 2007/08 (pdf 634 KB)
The Way Forward: Business plan 2007/08 (Welsh, pdf 391
Corporate - NCAA (2001/02-2004/05)
NCAA Annual Report 2004/05 (pdf 892KB)
NCAA Annual Report 2003/04 (pdf 436KB)
Annual Report 2002/03 - English (pdf 903KB)
Annual Report 2002/03 Welsh (pdf 913KB)
Annual Report 2001/02 English (pdf 686KB)
Annual Report 2001/02 Welsh (pdf 686KB)
Business Plan 2004/05 English (pdf 350KB)
Business Plan 2004/05 Welsh (pdf 278KB)
Business Plan 2003/04 English (pdf 988KB)
Business Plan 2003/04 Welsh (pdf 1MB)
Business Plan 2002/03 pdf format (85kB)
Business Plan 2001/02 pdf format (226k)
NCAA Corporate Plan 2003/06 English (pdf 541KB)
NCAA Corporate Plan 2003/06 Welsh (pdf 528KB)
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