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Coding Training - back to basics ...
Turnover of staff and up-skilling existing staff have led to us receiving many requests for coding training over the last couple of months. Would your staff benefit from some expert coding training?... more
19 Dec 2024QOF Priorities & Actions
Are you struggling to prioritise outstanding QOF workload to achieve maximum points? Do you know how many patients you need to achieve each indicator?... more
1 Dec 2024QOF Heart Failure Register Codes
In the latest release of accepted QOF register codes, the NYHA (New York Heart Association) codes have been removed from the HF subset so are no longer recognised QOF codes. The codes no longer incl... more
1 Nov 2024QOF 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... more
9 Oct 2024QOF Prevalence
We cannot stress how important it is, especially this year, protecting some indicators does mean your QOF achievement is likely to be fairly static this year b... more
9 Sep 2024Residential Institute Codes
Patients in residential care are allocated additional global sum weighting (1.43 factor) due to the increase in associated workload. In order to be paid appropriately for patients who reside in care... more
3 Jul 2024QOF Hints & Tips
Smoking - users of electronic cigarettes who have never smoked or given up smoking should be classified as non-smokers or ex-smokers respectively. Non-responder invite codes following objective tes... more
1 Jul 2024CAN002 - FIT test PCA codes (not indicated/declined)
Patients who have one of these codes recorded do not require a FIT test. If not indicated due to the following (without a more recent FIT result):... more
13 Jun 2024QOF 2024/25 Invite Codes
New invitation codes have been included this year for cholesterol - all patients on any QOF disease register should be offered a minimum of two invitations for care within each QOF year i.e. 1 April –... more
8 May 2024QOF - Income Protected Indicators What does this actually mean to your income?
“Income protected” is really misleading. Why? Because what has actually happened points for these indicators have been frozen, however, your income can very much still go up or down.... more
30 Apr 2024