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COPD014 - Referral to pulmonary rehab programme
This year, COPD008 was replaced by COPD014 - the wording was updated from record of an offer of referral to pulmonary rehab programme to record of referral to pulmonary rehab programme.... more
1 Jan 2024MH021 - PCA’s & AF008
Top level PCA codes, such as informed dissent, patient unsuitable and non responders, will not affect achievement for this indicator. However, individual declined codes will remove patients from an... more
12 Dec 2023Continuity & Digitisation of GP Records Programme
Current progress in reducing the burden of managing records in paper format - Removing the requirement to reprint deceased patients’ digital records Ensuring continuity of patients’ digital records... more
5 Dec 2023Pharmacy First
Pharmacy First will launch on the 31st January 2024 (subject to systems being in place to support it) to replace CPCS -... more
4 Dec 2023Carer identification matters ...
Unpaid carers make up 9% of the UK population, however, it is thought this is likely to be a considerable underestimation and it should be more like 16-19%. GP practices are better than local... more
2 Dec 2023Shingles Vaccines
There is still a lot of confusion around who is eligible for a shingles vaccination - practices where we audit their enhanced services, we are finding a lots of patients vaccinated but not eligible.... more
17 Nov 2023MMR Catch-Up Campaign 2023/24
From November 2023 to March 2024 – practices will be required to undertake local call and recall for eligible individuals aged 12 months up to and including 5 years.... more
14 Nov 2023QOF - 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 2023Appointment & Slot Type Data Quality Session
We know many practices are struggling with appointments and GPAD reporting - national slot type mapping came on board with a deadline and all practices mapped their slot types with very little info... more
7 Nov 2023**VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE** GP Appointments - Exception Reporting
With the introduction of the appointment ‘exception codes’, we had intimated in our October newsletter these would positively affect your achievement in 2023/24. However, we have now learnt this will... more
2 Nov 2023