Actuate's Performancesoft Selected by Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust for Practice Based Commissioning and Annual Health Check.

TORONTO -- performancesoft Inc., a division of Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTU), and the leading provider of Performance Management solutions, is pleased to announce that Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (TPCT) has implemented pbviews, the world's most widely deployed Performance Management software solution, to support its Practice Based Commissioning initiative and deliver management information for the Annual Health Check.

As part of the Practice Based Commissioning (PBC) scheme for the NHS, all Primary Care Trusts are expected to provide standardized financial and activity information and benchmarks for all services covered under Payment by Results and Prescribing. pbviews provides the facility to deliver all the information required by General Practices in order to understand their financial and clinical activity.

With pbviews the PBC information is easily viewed over the web, utilizing a traffic light system to provide an instant visual understanding of performance. This is complemented by a comprehensive dashboard function showing trends, indexed performance and benchmarking information for each measure.

"Prior to implementing pbviews we were struggling to meet information requirements for Practice Based Commissioning to all of our 54 GP Surgeries," said Scott Watson, Performance and Commissioning Manager, Sunderland TPCT. "Through the use of pbviews, we have now automated much of the process and are not only saving time and resources previously devoted to data collection and dissemination, but we are also confident we're now delivering on the information requirements to support Practice Based Commissioning."

In addition to their use of pbviews to support their PBC initiative, Sunderland TPCT are also leveraging pbviews to collect and deliver all Annual Health Check information to senior executives, giving them a high-level view of their organization's performance.

"The demand for performance information in NHS organisations is increasing in 2006 as we begin to collect the data required to support the Annual Health Check," said Watson. "pbviews is the best package we have seen with regard to recording, monitoring and improving organisational performance against the standards and targets outlined in the AHC."

"By leveraging pbviews' robust Performance Management functionality and deployment options, Sunderland TPCT is now able to provide the required financial and clinical information, both internally to their senior executives, and externally to their Practices, in a timely, reliable manner," said Steve Fluin, Vice President, Worldwide Sales, performancesoft Inc. "We are pleased to be working with Sunderland TPCT to support them as they strive to manage and improve performance."

About Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust

Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (or TPCT) was formed on 1st April, 2002, and is responsible for delivering high quality primary and community health services directly through our district nursing and health visiting services and by developing and supporting the work of primary care contractors - GPs, pharmacists, dentists and optometrists. Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust serves a total population of around 283,000 people and covers Washington, Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole as well as the City centre area.

About performancesoft

Founded in 1993, performancesoft, a division of Actuate Corporation, is the acknowledged leader in the Performance Management and Balanced Scorecard categories, with the richest, most intuitive and easiest to use product, and the largest number of successful deployments worldwide. Its state of the art software, practical expertise and unparalleled customer support make pbviews the solution of choice for today's performance driven organizations, which include: West Hull Primary Care Trust, Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority, Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority and many more. For additional information, visit www.performancesoft.com.

About Actuate Corporation

Actuate Corporation is the world leader in Enterprise Reporting and Performance Management Applications that empower 100% of users to achieve breakthrough corporate performance. Actuate provides the most scalable, reliable, flexible and high-performing reporting capabilities for every application in the enterprise. Customers use Actuate to deliver information in context to users inside and outside the firewall as Performance Management and Customer Self-Service applications, managed spreadsheet applications and Java reporting applications.

Actuate has over 3,500 customers globally in a range of industries including banking, insurance, manufacturing, communications, and government. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif., with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's Web site at www.actuate.com.

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