All Quality and outcomes framework (QOF) articles – Page 7
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NewsGP incentive system delivers disappointing results on diabetes
The GP incentive scheme has not had the dramatic impact on diabetes care that was predicted when it was introduced five years ago, researchers have found.
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GP bonus review chief unveiled
The chair of the team responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the GP bonus scheme has been unveiled.
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NICE to review GP quality incentives
The Department of Health announced yesterday that it will be handing responsibility for reviewing clinical indicators included in the GP quality and outcome framework to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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GPs warn against localising quality framework
GPs have claimed allowing primary care trusts to draw up their own indicators under the quality and outcomes framework would result in a postcode lottery for patients and damage work on health inequalities.
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Quality and outcomes framework 'distracts GPs'
The quality and outcomes framework has been criticised as offering 'inappropriate financial incentives' to GPs that can 'distract' them from offering the best care.
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GP pay to reflect outcomes
The GP bonus scheme will be reformed to better link GP earnings to outcomes for patients under proposals outlined by the Department of Health.
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Changes to general medical services contract agreed
Changes to the general medical services contract for 2009-10 have been agreed. They include alterations to how quality and outcome framework payments are calculated to reflect the prevalence of long-term conditions and the reallocation of 72 QOF points, which will be awarded for a range of clinical interventions.
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HSJ Knowledge
Informed commissioning
Ministers want to transform NHS commissioning from a sleepy pussycat into a sleek, sharp-toothed tiger. And good-quality information will be the key to success. Andy Cowper reports.
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Data shows rise in Scottish QOF scores
Figures published today show the average number of points earned by Scottish GPs under the quality and outcomes framework is 982.2 out of 1,000, up from an average of 971.2 points in 2006-07.
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Health gap between rich and poor areas narrows
The quality and outcomes framework has reduced the link between low-income areas and poor primary healthcare, a study suggests.
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GP incentives may not equal healthier patients
Offering incentives to GPs improves clinical care but does not promote healthy lifestyles or improve patients' quality of life, according to findings published today in the journal Heart.
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Conservatives will support parts of Darzi review
The Conservatives have welcomed parts of the Darzi review, saying they will support proposals that chime with their policies.
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PCT-backed integrated care pilots to go ahead
Lord Darzi's primary and community care strategy, due today, will push for integrated services and new rights for primary care trust provider staff.
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HSJ KnowledgeWider engagement in joint assessment
The starting point for improving health services and reducing heath inequalities is data. To identify areas for improvement, exactly the same data must be collected in the same way.
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Your Humble Servant on saying no
Your humble servantTo: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Saying no
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GP incentives are not needed, 'inverse care' doctor tells MPs
The GP who developed the 'inverse care law' - which says those most in need of healthcare are least likely to receive it - has told MPs he objects to giving family doctors financial incentives to do their job.
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Safeguarding QOF
HSJ has highlighted widespread variation in exception reporting rates. These certainly need to be investigated by primary care trusts, writes Martin Roland
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Improving the detection of COPD
There are over 15 million people in England with long-term conditions. Lord Darzi's interim report last October highlighted how less than 50 per cent of patients with long-term conditions receive optimal treatment, and that care does not always meet recommended guidelines.
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QOF harms inequality progress
The freedom of GPs to 'exception report' patients may be undermining efforts to reduce health inequalities, experts have told the Commons health select committee.
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PCTs face tough questions on QOF reporting
Data published for the first time today by HSJ reveals the GPs who exclude the most patients from their quality incentive scheme.