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Published: 27 September 2011
Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF) of the new GMS contract - achievement, prevalence and exception reporting data 2010/11

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The Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF) represents one of the main sources of potential income for general practices (GP surgeries) across the UK. It is a major part of the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract, introduced on 1st April 2004. Participation by general practices in the QOF is voluntary. For those that do participate, the QOF measures achievement against a range of evidence-based indicators, with points and payments awarded according to the level of achievement.

This page provides links to Scotland's QOF data for 2004/05 to 2010/11 and associated publication reports, to further documentation on the QOF and to the QOF publications for the other UK countries. An additional page gives further information for users of QOF register and prevalence data. Further background information and commentary are given in our QOF publication report.

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Links to QOF data tables for Scotland

2010/11 data table links

Achievements data at Scotland and NHS Board Level
Achievements data at Community Health Partnership (CHP) level
Achievements data at practice level - summaries
Achievements data practice level - individual indicators

Register and prevalence data at Scotland, NHS Board and CHP level
Information for users of QOF register and prevalence data
Scotland Performs - Dementia data for HEAT target Download Excel file [41kb]

Exception reporting in clinical indicators

2009/10 data table links

Register and prevalence data at Scotland, NHS Board and CHP level
Information for users of QOF register and prevalence data

Exception reporting in clinical indicators

2008/09 data table links

Register and prevalence data at Scotland, NHS Board and CHP level
Information for users of QOF register and prevalence data

Exception reporting in clinical indicators

2004/05 to 2007/08 data

Data for these previous years are available from our archive site.

Links to key QOF documentation

Further information on changes to the QOF and the GMS contract as a whole for 2009/10 and 2010/11 can be found:

On the 'Changes to QOF 2010/11' section of the NHS Employers website
On the 'Changes to QOF 2009/10' section of the NHS Employers website
Within the General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements for 2010 [1Mb] published by the Scottish Government.

Further information on changes to the QOF and the GMS contract as a whole for 2008/09 can be found:

In the UK-wide document Changes to Quality and Outcomes Framework for 2008, available via the General Medical Services contract pages of the NHS Employers website
Within the General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements for 2009, published by the Scottish Government.

Further information on changes to the QOF and the GMS contract as a whole for 2006/07-2007/08 can be found:

In the guidance for Scotland (PCA2006(M)13) published by the Scottish Executive.
In the UK-wide document Revisions to the GMS contract 2006/07, available via the General Medical Services contract pages of the NHS Employers website
Within the General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements for 2006 onwards, published by the Scottish Executive.
Within the General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements for 2007, published by the Scottish Government.

Other information on the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004, the new GMS contract and the QOF (much relating to its original implementation) can be found within the NHS Scotland Pay Modernisation website. Links to individual documents are as follows: