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 These pages were last updated and expanded on 24th June 2008 to include information on the Scotland-level prevalence for 2007/2008.

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Introduction

The Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a system to remunerate general practices for providing good quality care to their patients, and to help fund work to further improve the quality of health care delivered.  It is a fundamental 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.

Published here are Scotland's QOF data for 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 and information on the Scotland-level Average Prevalence for 2007/08.  For further information relating to general practice in Scotland, go to ISD's General Practice pages.

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Background

What is the QOF? 
Primary medical services, the new GMS contract, and QOF
Summary of QOF points and pounds available 2004/05 - 2007/08
Clinical domain points available 2004/05 - 2007/08
Prevalence data in the QOF 
Key stages in the annual QOF process
Revisions to the QOF for 2006/07

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QOF Data for Scotland

2007/08 - National Prevalence	2006/07 - Achievement, prevalence & exception reporting data
Scotland-level Prevalence	Data at Scotland and NHS Board level
	Data at Community Health Partnership (CHP) level
	Data at practice level - summaries
	Data at practice level - individual indicators
	Information on exception reporting in clinical indicators
2005/06 - Achievement , prevalence & exception reporting data	2004/05 - Achievement and prevalence data
Data at Scotland and NHS Board level	Data at Scotland and NHS Board level
Data at Community Health Partnership (CHP) level	Data at Community Health Partnership (CHP) level
Data at practice level - summaries (incl. additional points)	Data at practice level - summaries (incl. additional points)
Information on exception reporting in clinical indicators	Data at practice level - individual indicators

 

 

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Links

Links to key QOF documentation

Further information on changes to the QOF and the GMS contract as a whole for 2006/07 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 Primary Care Contracting pages of the NHS Employers website Within the General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements for 2006 onwards published by the Scottish Executive. 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 Scottish Executive's Pay Modernisation  website.  Links to individual documents are as follows: The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004  Implementing the nGMS contract in Scotland  Quality and outcomes framework Guidance - Updated August 2004 (outlines the QOF contents for 2004/05 and 2005/06)

Links to QOF data for other UK countries

England  Northern Ireland  Wales

We hope that you find these links useful, and would welcome your comments, as we will build on this list of links in future.

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Who to Contact

For queries in relation to the publication of QOF data in Scotland, please contact:

• Alistair Smith, email: Alistair.Smith@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk, telephone 0131 275 6784 or
• Julie Kidd, email: Julie.Kidd@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk , telephone 0131 275 6450

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