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QOF - CHOL001 & CHOL002
We've had a number of support tickets around both achievement and exclusion in the new CHOL domain, we thought it would be useful to try and simplify both indicators for you: CHOL001 - Patients w... more
10 Nov 2023Prevalence Rates 2022/23
The updated prevalence rates have been released for 2022/23 - these are the latest figures we can use to calculate your practice prevalence compared with national prevalence.... more
1 Nov 2023QOF - CHOL001 & CHOL002
Diabetic patients are excluded from CHOL001 but not from CHOL002. DM patients will still be found in the CHOL002 indicator and are expected to hit the cholesterol monitoring requirements. They are... more
11 Oct 2023QOF Exception Codes (Personalised Care Adjustments - PCA’s)
Following on from a few queries this month, we just wanted to touch on exception coding (or PCA’s as they are now known although we still all call them exceptions!!)... more
4 Oct 2023QOF, QOF, QOF..
COPD014 The wording for COPD014 has changed this year to measure the number of referrals made rather than offers of referrals. The new wording for the indicator is: The percentage of patients with CO... more
6 Sep 2023QOF Health Check (Prevalence) - Follow-up coding service
Our QOF Health Check, to validate registers and increase practice’s prevalence, has been one of our most popular services since way back in 2004 when QOF began. We have a suite of searches which we i... more
20 Jun 2023QOF 2023/24 Register Indicators Income Protected
So this has confused many of us this year, so much so we needed to get some clarity from NHS England - this is their response:... more
4 Jun 2023QOF - PCA Code ** SIGNIFICANT CODE CHANGE **
The top level generic invitation code has been removed from the QOF reference sets for this year - this means currently (unless there is an update), this code will no longer remove patients once the... more
2 Jun 2023Creating a well-being culture
An open culture helps employers understand what their employees need to feel happier and more productive at work. Armed with this knowledge, you can confidently invest in a few key wellbeing benefit... more
1 Jun 2023QOF - Child Immunisations
We know many practices struggled with these indicators last year - it was assumed PCA codes would be introduced this year; unfortunately, this is not the case, however, there is a solution for patient... more
11 May 2023