QOF – Maximal Tolerated Exception Codes
Q: What are the rules for adding maximum tolerated codes? The decision to add a maximal tolerated exception code always sits with a clinician and would be decided on a patient by patient basis. The guidance is therapies should be titrated until the target or maximum...
PCA’s (QOF Exceptions)
Key points – Used to enhance patient care, not a tick-box exercise The use of informed dissent should generally be very minimal – only used where patient has not had 2 invites & chat with GP If you have used the correct disease invite codes, once you...
QOF – Mental Health in Remission
Remission codes should only be used if the patient has: No record of antipsychotic or mood stabiliser meds for 5 or more years No MH in-patient episodes for 5 or more years No secondary care MH follow-up for 5 or more years Where a patient is recorded as being in...
Case Study – QOF Prevalence Health Check with Follow-Up
Based in a historic market town in South England 18,366 patients – 80% larger than the average practice Adjusted £ Per point is £406.65 (£220.62 for the average practice) – 179 QOF points are not dependant on prevalence (non-weighted) so are each worth...
QOF Prevalence 2023/24
The latest prevalence rates have recently been published. In the main, prevalence rates have increased across the board, however, PAD, CHD, mental health and new diagnoses of depression saw a slight decrease. The biggest increases are obesity (not unexpected as rates...Free Monthly Hints & Tips
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