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Eleven QoF indicators up for retirement

Eleven indicators are likely to be retired from the Quality and Outcomes Framework next year if recommendations from the National
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Goals replace targets in DH paper

The Department of Health has set out its plans to scrap centrally, set performance managed targets - and to hold
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QRISK2 gets more support

The heart disease risk score QRISK2 is more accurate at identifying people in the UK at high risk of cardiovascular
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QRISK benefits from NICE decision

Demand for QRISK software has increased following The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s decision to drop its backing
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Process measures face QoF chop

Four potential new indicators for inclusion in next year’s Quality and Outcomes Framework together with five indicators that could be
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Enquire within

NHS Evidence is a new route to guidance and best practice. Daloni Carlisle reports on the site and the technology
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Stop the clot

Dr Maureen Baker CBE, clinical director for patient safety at NHS Connecting for Health, talks about developing a risk assessment
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What is in store for QoF?

The GP in charge of recommending changes to the Quality and Outcomes Framework tells Sarah Bruce what is on the
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QoF to become GQ

The Quality and Outcomes Framework is to be renamed, EHI Primary Care has learned. The National Institute for Health and
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NICE to take charge of QoF

The Department of Health has announced that it is to go ahead with its plans to put the National Institute
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