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COVID-19 Assessment Pathway
Guidance developed to support frontline clinicians with assessing, monitoring and treating patients who present to general practice with symptomatic COVID-19. Clinical teams are encouraged to... more
2 May 2022Re-registering suspended patient records
You will soon be able to allow suspended patient health records to be electronically transferred on re-registration following an upgrade to the GP2GP system. Suspended patient records are those who a... more
1 Apr 2022Hints & Tips..
VI001, VI002 & VI003 – the only way a patient can be removed from indicators is if they are allergic or contraindicated. Unlike other QOF areas if patients decline, there are no applicable exception c... more
7 Mar 2022National Living & National Minimum Wage - April 2022
National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates which will apply from 1 April 2022. These recommendations have been accepted in full by the Government. The NLW and NMW rates from 1 April 2022 are... more
4 Mar 2022Primary Care responsibilities - First Contact Providers (FCPs)
CQC have issued a mythbuster describing responsibilities when employing FCPs in a primary care setting. This includes paramedics, first contact physio’s, dieticians, podiatrists and occupational ther... more
2 Mar 2022QOF 2021/22 Step Down & Overview/Achievement Webinars
Do you have any staff new to QOF or taking or more QOF responsibility including coding? Our back to basics is the perfect start for your new staff, it will help them understand the concepts of QOF, t... more
5 Jan 2022ACC-02
ACC-02: Number of online consultation submissions received by the PCN on or after 1 January per 1000 registered patients.... more
26 Nov 2021How to record a COVID-19 exemption application clinical assessment outcome
1. Insert your smartcard, authenticate using identity agent, and select an appropriate role. 2. Navigate to the Spine Portal: https://portal.national.ncrs.nhs.uk/portal/... more
6 Oct 2021MCC Workflow Refresher Days
Have you had a high changeover of staff? Do you need to enhance your current process to include more letter types work flowed by your admin team? Is your workflow process breaking down in places?... more
5 Oct 2021VI003 - % of children who reached 5 yrs old in the preceding 12 mths, who have received a reinforcing dose of DTaP/IPV and at least 2 doses of MMR between the ages of 1 and 5 yrs.
We have seen a fair amount of practices with very low achievement figures in this indicator, especially EMIS Web sites. The issue is the DTaP/IPV vaccine has be coded as a booster; if the description... more
5 Oct 2021