QOF Assessment a refreshed look

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QOF Assessment a refreshed look

• Sam Illingworth
• Primary Care Contracting Advisor
• North West

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House keeping

• Fire Exits
• Mobile phones
• Refreshments available at 11.10am and 3.15pm
• Lunch will be served from 1.00pm 1.45pm
• Aim to finish at 4.00pm

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Aims of the day

• These events are aimed at QOF Assessor Teams,
  Clinical Governance Leads, Data Analysts, PCT QOF
  Leads and SHA Primary Care Leads
• Revisiting the programme of education and support
  for PCT QOF Leads
• Workshops will highlight the lessons learnt from
  QOF since its implementation in April 2004 and
  will specifically cover -
• QMAS and QOF Assessor Reports
• Sharing approaches to QOF
• Working with Internal Audit
• Examples of good practice
• Data triangulation and analysis

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Refreshed resources

• Events
• Website
• Research
• Communications

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Events

• During September and October PCC will be running
  6 regional events
• Pick up via QOF networks additional sharing of
  approaches/good practice/problem solving
• Additional, locally tailored events can be
  organised via your local Primary Care Contracting
  Advisor

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Website

• The current QOF resources available via the PCC
  website require some review and refreshment
• It is proposed that the section itself be
  extensively revamped to place it as a major
  information and learning site to PCTs and act as
  a living resource which is regularly
  maintained, has an interactive content and would
  include -
• Detail on what PCTs can and should do
• Description of model techniques from the
  assessment to prepayment verification and counter
  fraud processes and the relationships between
  them PCT good practice
• Access to NatPaCT QOF training resources
• New models of data management
• It is hoped that the refreshed web resource will
  be available during November

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Research

• PCT documentation
• Questionnaire to PCT QOF Leads
• Responses to this questionnaire will be used in
  future policy development and negotiation

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Communications

• Establish QOF Newsletter
• maintain an efficient and effective means of
  communicating with PCT QOF Leads
• First edition planned for October/November 2006
• This resource would be emailed to QOF Leads on a
  bi-monthly basis and would include -
• Examples of good practice
• Internal Audit/Counter Fraud updates
• QMAS briefings and updates
• Information Commission downloads
• FAQs
• Please go to Registration if you would like to
  sign up to receive this publication

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Lunch and Sticky time!

• You now have the opportunity to post questions
  and/or what you would like to cover in the
  breakout sessions
• Post on board for specific topic
• Data Analysis
• QMAS and QOF Assessor Reports
• Internal Audit and PCT good practice

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