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COPD008
Referral to pulmonary rehab - this indicator looks for the latest diagnosis code - many patients are remaining in the denominator as a further diagnosis code has been entered.... more
3 Jan 2020MH002 - Care Plan
This issue has been flagged for SystmOne practices only at this time … This denominator is ignoring patients with mental health remission codes WITHOUT a previous... more
2 Dec 2019QOF - DM023
This denominator will only include patients with diabetes who are also coded with CKD, high cholesterol...... more
2 Dec 2019QOF Prompts
One of the major changes to QOF 2019/20 was the introduction of personalised care adjustments (PCA’s) - exception codes failed to distinguish between patients who were offered care and those who made... more
2 Nov 2019QOF 2019/20 Invitation Codes
We have developed an 8-page guide listing all of the invitation codes included in the QOF 2019/20 rule sets for each of the chronic disease areas. Patients should now be sent a minimum of two... more
5 Aug 2019Prescribing Safety - High Risk Drugs Monitoring
High risk drugs have a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when not monitored correctly.... more
3 Jun 2019QOF, QOF & more QOF ...
Average list size 2019/20 - 8479, average £ per point 2019/20 - £187.74 • 15 new indicators - based on new evidence & reducing potential for over-treatment • 4 new diabetic indicators have differen... more
1 May 2019The importance of frailty codes …
QOF 2019/20 has had it’s most significant review since 2004. In the past, universal targets have been set which can lead to under-treatment for those with less complex needs and over-treatment for tho... more
1 May 2019QOF Changes 2019/20 Summary
This year has seen the most significant review of QOF since 2004 - whilst it is valuable, it does have weaknesses - tick-box medicine, slow to adapt to changes in evidence and exception reporting - so... more
30 Mar 2019MH002 - MH Care Plan
The only codes now accepted for QOF include:... more
4 Mar 2019