Overhaul cuts GP input to QOF targets
13 Oct 2011 | by Stephen Robinson
NICE has quietly scrapped its system for proposing new QOF indicators, in a change GPs fear could
transform the NHS into a US-style system, GP leaders fear....that incentivise integration would move the NHS towards a US system with large commercial companies taking control ...
NICE has quietly scrapped its system for proposing new QOF indicators, in a change GPs fear could
to encourage more men to attend. 'One of the things we would like to see is GPs making appointment systems ... if surgeries used online appointment systems,' Mr Baker said. 'Some surgeries are running these systems but we ... telephone booking systems, he said. ...
services, unscheduled care, neurology, respiratory, OPFU scrutiny and many others ...
showed, but poor integration of IT systems and coding errors meant many went unreported. Data collection ... to local GPs IT systems, he added. With another level of complexity comes the room for error. Non-integrated IT systems increase the risk of duplication, he said. Dr Karet called for a stipulation within ...
. Professor Starfield's research on the importance of general practice to healthcare systems was key ... to reform the system, but you need a publicly accountable system for evaluating the impact of changes,' she ... . But she pointed out that even with a system as open to research opportunities as QOF, it had proved hard ...
commissioning areas. GPs are unclear about the nature and consequences of the new public health systems to be established for health improvement, protection and services. The agenda, systems and approach are all new ... systems was identified. This would help clarify how consortia will access public health skills needed ...
that the Scottish system was better than the one proposed in England because it was not based on competition ... . Apart from the NHS in Scotland struggling for funds, it is a system which works on collab oration, he said. It is not all wonderful but it is an improvement on where the English system is likely to go ...
and fairer than current systems and would reduce incentives to cherry-pick or 'dump' patients ... system. The research into funding compared different ways QOF data could be used to calculate how ... systems, such as the Carr-Hill formula and MPIG. 'There are those within government who think that MPIG ...
to change the whole of the system at once in very tight financial times. 'The DoH's is effectively saying ...
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