PCA’s & Exceptions

PCA’s & Exceptions

There is still a lot of confusion around Personalised Care Adjustments (PCA’s) and Exceptions and when to use them.  PCA’s were introduced in April 2019, to differentiate  between adjusting care and removing a patient from a denominator. PCA’s are automatically...
QOF Aspiration Payments

QOF Aspiration Payments

Many practices have asked us why their monthly QOF aspiration payments have gone down. 71 points have been taken out of QOF year this compared to last year – aspiration payments are made based on previous achievement. This is the same this year but for a reduced...
QOF – How important is BP & Cholesterol this year?

QOF – How important is BP & Cholesterol this year?

These figures are based on the average sized practice of 10184 patients – if you have more patients than average these figures will be increased, if you have less than average patients these figures will be decreased (depending on prevalence). If you don’t...
QOF Aspiration Payments

QOF Income 2025/26

71 less points to achieve for QOF this year – Does that make life easier in that this could mean less work? How much income is that for your practice? For the average practice, based on the non-weighted point value for 2025/26, this is just over £16,000....