What is UKROC?

The UK specialist Rehabilitation Outcomes Collaborative (UKROC) has been set up through a Department of Health NIHR Programme Grant to develop a national database for collating case episodes for inpatient rehabilitation. In the first 5 years it will focus on neurorehabilitation and ultimately include data from all specialist Level 1 and 2 neurorehabilitation services, across the UK.

The database development is undertaken in collaboration with the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine (BSRM) and the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcome Centre (AROC) which is now 10 years into a similar programme.

• It is a Payment by Results (PbR) Improvement Project which will provide information on casemix and episode costs to inform the development of complexity-weighted tariffs by 2012.
• It will serve to 'open the black box of rehabilitation' by providing information on rehabilitation requirements, the inputs provided to meet them, outcomes and cost-benefits of rehabilitation for patients with different levels of need.

 

The UK project started in September 2008. It is led by Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes, is housed at Northwick Park Hospital in London and forms part of the Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation's clinical research strategy.

 

To find out more about UKROC, follow the links to our services:

Specialist Services National Definition Set (SSNDS)

Clinical Tools

Road Shows and Training Opportunities

UKROC Software

How to Join UKROC

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