How have the thresholds been set?
A. Thresholds are defined on the key targets and some balanced scorecard indicators and are used to create three levels of performance. In general, this approach to determining levels of performance has been used where there is a clear policy target that trusts should be expected to achieve. (The exception was the child protection indicators where the decision was based on the nature of the indicator). The threshold used to define the highest level of performance was always defined in relation to the published target. The threshold to define the lowest level of performance was based on what would be generally regarded as poor performance against the target.
