Comments on: Government targets distorting GP/patient relationship? http://www.civitas.org.uk/wordpress/2008/11/20/government-targets-distorting-gppatient-relationship/ Daily commentary from Civitas researchers Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:45:57 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lynn http://www.civitas.org.uk/wordpress/2008/11/20/government-targets-distorting-gppatient-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Lynn Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:27:48 +0000 http://www.civitas.org.uk/wordpress/?p=560#comment-565 As an ex-PCT pharmaceutical advisor I'm afraid I view QOF data with a great deal of scepticism! Whilst many practices produce good quality data, there are some (usually practices where prescribing standards are of poorer quality) where data is quite blatantly fabricated. I have personally witnessed (unobserved) such comments as "put down prescription reviews for every patient you see for the next 'n' weeks" - these are duly READ coded when clearly no review has taken place. There are meant to be systems in place so that all data is sampled to ensure that this cannot happen, but often medicines management teams are too pressured dancing to the current tune of the day for this to be reliable. If this can happen for prescribing data, I would suggest it could happen elsewhere as well. As an ex-PCT pharmaceutical advisor I’m afraid I view QOF data with a great deal of scepticism! Whilst many practices produce good quality data, there are some (usually practices where prescribing standards are of poorer quality) where data is quite blatantly fabricated. I have personally witnessed (unobserved) such comments as “put down prescription reviews for every patient you see for the next ‘n’ weeks” – these are duly READ coded when clearly no review has taken place. There are meant to be systems in place so that all data is sampled to ensure that this cannot happen, but often medicines management teams are too pressured dancing to the current tune of the day for this to be reliable. If this can happen for prescribing data, I would suggest it could happen elsewhere as well.

]]> By: mike http://www.civitas.org.uk/wordpress/2008/11/20/government-targets-distorting-gppatient-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-566 mike Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:06:44 +0000 http://www.civitas.org.uk/wordpress/?p=560#comment-566 And why shoould we believe any statistics produced by this government.........? And why shoould we believe any statistics produced by this government………?

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