Posts Tagged quality and outcomes framework
Exception reporting… again
Posted by James Gubb in Health on 16/04/2009
A few weeks ago the DH released the conclusions of its consultation on the Quality and Outcomes Framework in general practice – a series of clinical guidelines GPs are expected to meet that is linked to c.20 per cent of their income. Predictably, the responsibility for its evidence-base is being turned over to NICE: a risk.
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Government targets distorting GP/patient relationship?
Posted by James Gubb in Health on 20/11/2008
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) has lofty aims. In linking up to a third of general practice income to achievement against a series of quality indicators, it hoped to deliver significant increases in quality to patients. Has it succeeded?
The other side of the QOF
Posted by James Gubb in Health on 29/10/2008
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) – the framework that offers GPs financial incentives for meeting certain standards of care – has been accredited with improving clinical quality across general practice and cutting health inequalities for certain core diseases. But, as ever, we should be concerned with unintended consequences.
Continued at bmj.com.