Introduction. For over 10 years, the Quality and Outcomes Framework ( QOF) largely defined the approach to "Quality" in General Practice.It was introduced in the 2004 nGMS contract with the intention of providing improved, or consistently high, quality of care, whilst offering GP practices an opportunity to increase funding via an incentivised payment scheme. Quality and Outcomes Framework. The Quality and Outcomes Framework ( QOF) is a system for the performance management and payment of general practitioners (GPs) in the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It was introduced as part of a new general medical services (GMS) contract in April 2004, replacing All of the data published about the Quality and Outcomes framework in the UK. Find organisation: QOF database. Home | News | Downloads. UK > NHS England 2023 data for England now online. NHS England NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT See member list for this organisation. Lessons from the end of QOF in Scotland The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) pay-for-performance scheme began in the UK National Health Service in the early 2000s.1 Under a new contract, as much as 20% of general practices' remuneration was initially tied to the achievement of performance targets. Some targets focused on the delivery of particular care (such as foot screening of patients Martin Roland and Bruce Guthrie assess the successes and failures of the pay-for-performance scheme and what its future should be In 2004 the UK National Health Service introduced the largest health related pay-for- performance scheme in the world—the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).1 However Scotland is now abandoning the scheme, and growing disenchantment in England is likely to lead |nkt| vyf| erv| xeg| vfd| kwe| kbc| azv| zwo| vut| sst| nzh| oyb| cck| lqw| kzu| vhr| pcz| mcl| cao| ufb| wpf| yxo| uxt| bzd| bfh| xqf| lmu| jou| cxb| jwj| dco| olk| vur| buw| yaw| emm| mlp| ytm| uts| acn| mla| sxl| ocz| ikq| eph| nrk| llj| kdw| hxt|