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GMS Contract & QOF Changes 2023/24
Access is a big feature for the changes this year across QOF & PCN DES, as we thought it would be - patients should be offered an assessment of need, or signposted to an appropriate service, at first... more
5 Apr 2023QOF Bite-Sized Health Check
Do you have low prevalence for HF due to LVSD or Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis may now only be 3 points but in terms of income they are 3 mighty points! The two most problematic areas and two areas whi... more
9 Mar 2023QOF 22/23 CRP checks on CQRS
With the financial year-end approaching it is critical to check your Contractor Registered Population (CRP) is correct on CQRS, so discrepancies can be rectified before year-end. The CRP number is use... more
1 Mar 2023QOF - Service Unavailable
If you code a patient as service not available (e.g. Spirometry service not available') they will be excluded from the denominator of the relevant monitoring indicator. However, if all patients have b... more
10 Feb 2023QOF Prevalence
Prevalence rates don’t tend to vary much year on year, however, last year, it was assumed prevalence rates could increase more than normal due to 2020/21 being such a different year.... more
2 Nov 2022QOF Prevalence Health Check - follow-up
We all know how essential accurate register’s are to your annual QOF income (prevalence) - if you do not maintain your registers you will lose income, substantial income.... more
1 Nov 2022QOF Smoking Codes
Not all smoking codes are relevant to QOF - we thought a quick reminder of the most commonly used smoking codes would be beneficial... more
6 Oct 2022NDH Register Codes
In July 2018 there were approximately 1.8 million people with NDH. NDH001 - Patients 18 or over with a record of NDH/pre-diabetes (not superseded by diabetes diagnosis) with HbA1c or fasting blood... more
1 Jun 2022QOF QI - Optimising Access to General Practice
37 points - demonstrate continuous quality improvement on optimising access to general practice. First things first …In 2021 patient survey, 83% patients reported good experience with their GP, up fro... more
6 May 2022Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia - how can we remove a patient from this register?
The only way a patient is removed from this register is when they progress to T2 Diabetes, they get removed from the NDH register at the end of that QOF year. There are PCA codes that you can use...... more
2 Feb 2022