A series of regular reports that track services provided in NSW public hospitals and the timeliness with which they are delivered.

Introduction
Every day around 25,000 people receive care in the NSW public hospital system. Hospital Quarterly is a series of regular reports that tracks services provided to the people of NSW and the timeliness with which they are provided.

The Hospital Quarterly report is structured into two main sections. The first section describes measures of hospital activity and the second describes measures of hospital performance. Activity measures are used to describe the volume and type of services provided, while performance measures are used to describe the timeliness of service provision.

Within the section on activity, data are provided for emergency department (ED) presentations; hospital admissions; and elective surgery procedures (Figure i). Within the section on performance, data are provided for ED presentations and elective surgical procedures (Figure ii).

Hospital Quarterly appendix tables provide information about activity and performance in NSW public hospitals at a state, local health district (LHD), peer group and individual hospital level. Additional and comparative information about activity and performance in NSW public hospitals is available on the BHI interactive online portal, Healthcare Observer, at bhi.nsw.gov.au/healthcare_observer.