Bank Holidays 2026/27
Does your holiday year run from 1st April to 31st March? In 2027, Easter falls in March. This means the bank holidays (Good Friday and Easter Monday) fall into the 2025/26 holiday year. As a result the holiday year 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027 will have 10 Bank...
QOF 2026/27 Prevalence Considerations
Due to the QOF changes introduced this year, which appeared relatively straightforward but involve substantial behind-the-scenes changes to business rules and register/target patient group definitions, there are currently some anomalies within prevalence reporting for...
QOF – Heart Failure (HF009)
HF009 replaces the previous HF due to LVSD indicator and now includes patients with HF and reduced injection fraction recorded. Ejection fractions have been very inconsistently recorded in the past so your HF register is likely to need a lot of validating. All...
Latest Prevalence Rates 2026/27
As expected, prevalence rates continue to rise across most disease areas. However, diabetes & NDH is seeing a drop in prevalence (to be confirmed) which could mean the diabetes prevention programme is having an impact. How do your practice prevalence rates compare...
DOCMAN Duplicates
This issue does not impact all practices but if you are experiencing duplicate documents in DOCMAN, you are advised to contact them via the customer portal. Some practices are receiving multiple duplicates of the same letter, it seems to be very intermittent but takes...
Variation to the Network Contract DES – May 2026
Although we have not published any information yet around the Network Contract DES (which will come in the next edition), there has been a contract variation published – headline topics include: Local variation arrangements – In certain areas of the DES,...
QOF 2026/27
QOF Prevalence – is it important or a fruitless exercise …?
QOF Prevalence Health Checks are still essential in our opinion – some may say different but accurate registers are important for patient care and practice income. QOF prevalence isn’t about ticking boxes – it’s about making sure your workload, your...
Document Management Workflow & Backlog
Keeping up-to-date with document workflow and ensuring as many documents are processed without clinical intervention seems to be one of your biggest issues currently. Do you have a backlog of documents awaiting processing which is keeping you awake at night? Do you...Free Monthly Hints & Tips
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