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The 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 2019QOF 2019/20
Practices must sign-up on CQRS to participate in QOF 2019/20 by 29th March 2019. This will be available for sign-up from the first week of March 2019.... more
3 Mar 2019V39 Coding Issues
NHS Digital have once again been in touch as a follow-up to their previous email:... more
2 Mar 2019QOF Priorities 2018/19
As you enter the last quarter of the year do you understand what QOF activity you have outstanding and what work will give you the best return?... more
8 Jan 2019NHS payments to General Practice Report
This report provides details on payments to providers of general practice services in England in the past financial year. It includes a breakdown of payments made through the Global Sum, balance of Pr... more
7 Jan 2019QOF V39 Emis Web issues
We are delighted to report Emis have now updated their QOF V39 searches and removed codes deemed to inappropriate inclusions in the code clusters. There will still be a further update within this QOF... more
3 Jan 2019Osteoporosis Register – age 50-74
Many practices struggle to use the correct codes for Osteoporosis for this age group – it is quite complex. As well as coding osteoporosis diagnosis (N330. or 64859006) and a fragility fracture (N331N... more
3 Dec 2018QOF Update October 2018
A code added to the rheumatoid arthritis register in the latest release is Ankylosing spondylitis - N100 (V2 & CTv3). This was flagged to us by an Insight Member - as this has added 30% more patients... more
7 Nov 2018