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This commentary explores the current crisis in quality management in health care. What lessons can be learned from the shortcomings of the UK ' s Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and the US ' MACRA?Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Annual report on GP activity in England
NHS Digital has published the annual report on the quality and outcomes framework (QOF), which contains information about the prevalence of the 21 conditions covered by the scheme. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - October 31, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
2018/19 Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) guidance and audit requirements
NHS Employers, on behalf and NHS England and the BMA ’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has published the 2018/19 GMS guidance and audit requirements to support changes to QOF for 2018/19. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - July 24, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Review of the Quality and Outcomes Framework in England
This report presents the findings of the review of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for general practice. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - July 9, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
2018/19 quality and outcomes framework guidance and audit requirements
NHS Employers, on behalf and NHS England and the BMA ’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has now published the QOF guidance and audit requirements for 2018/19. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 13, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHS payments to general practice, England 2016/17
NHS Digital has published details of NHS payments to individual providers of general practice services in England. Figures are given for the main payment categories which include “global sum” the minimum practice income guarantee (MPIG), balance of PMS expenditure, quality and outcomes framework (QOF) and enhanced services. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - September 21, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Blood pressure: How can we do better?
Using data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Office for National Statistics (ONS) and PHE, this resource is not only a comprehensive summary of CCG-level BP care across the nation, but also provides recommendations for improving care, both at a CCG and practice level. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
QOF recorded dementia diagnoses, June 2016
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published quality and outcomes framework (QOF) recorded dementia diagnoses data for June 2016. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - July 18, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
QOF recorded dementia diagnoses, April 2016
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published quality and outcomes framework (QOF) recorded dementia diagnoses data for April 2016. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - June 2, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Striving for excellence and valuing general practice
The Quality and Outcomes Framework has had many proponents and detractors since its introduction over a decade ago, and there’s a great deal we can learn from our experience of it, says Prof Niro SiriwardenaRelated items from OnMedicaQOF – are GPs stuck on the hamster wheel? Removing QOF not detrimental to patient careHunt wants to drop all QOF targets Pay for performance in primary care has not saved livesScotland to scrap QOF system of GP pay (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 23, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Commissioners to expand alternative to QOF
COMMISSIONING: A clinical commissioning group that suspended parts of the GP quality and outcomes framework is planning to expand its alternative payment scheme. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - May 5, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Scottish GP workforce faces 'severe difficulties'
Doctors leaders in Scotland have warned that general practice is facing severe workforce problems after a survey revealed that almost 60 per cent of GPs were planning to leave or cut their hours.
The survey, carried out by ComRes for the Royal College of General Practitioners (Scotland), found that nearly nine in 10 of those questioned felt that lack of resources was putting patients at risk.
Meanwhile, 77 per cent said they worried about missing something serious with a patient because of their workload.
The findings were released in the last week of campaigning before the Scottish Parliament elections on 5 May.
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Source: BMA News - April 29, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Encouraging clinicians to register people with a learning disability
There are more than 1 million people in England with a learning disability, but only 200,000 on their GP’s learning disability quality and outcomes framework (QOF) register. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 26, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
QOF recorded dementia diagnoses - March 2016
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published quality and outcomes framework (QOF) recorded dementia diagnoses data for March 2016. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 19, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
GPs call for fair share of funding
The BMA has launched an action plan to help general practice cope with ever-increasing demand and shrinking resources.
The report, Responsive, safe and sustainable: our urgent prescription for general practice, calls for the Government, NHS England and clinical commissioning groups to provide fair and sustainable funding, lower workloads, an expanded workforce and a reduced role for the CQC (Care Quality Commission).
It says primary care should have 11 per cent of NHS spending, returning it to the level it received at the end of the last decade.
BMA GPs committee chair Chaand Nagpaul, pictured, said: ‘GPs across the ...
Source: BMA News - April 19, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
