QOF QP Indicators Guidance and Reckoner

The GPC and NHS Employers have published this joint supplementary guidance for the 2011/12 QOF quality and productivity (QP) indicators. This guidance is intended to assist practices and PCTs in understanding and working through the new QP indicators. In addition, NHS Employers, the GPC and the DoH have produced this ready reckoner to help practices and PCTs calculate the point achievement for QP prescribing indicators (QP3 to QP5).

Partnership Agreement Checklist

The LMC are often called upon by practices to assist in partnership issues. We often find that practices believe they have a partnership agreement only to discover that what they have is inadequate. To assist practices in ensuring they have a fit for purpose agreement we have produced this simple checklist. We urge you to check your agreement against this guidance – a couple of minutes now may save a lot of time and unnecessary expense in the future.

Central Procurement of Seasonal Flu Vaccine Consultation

The DoH has published a consultation on the central procurement of seasonal flu vaccine. This document, and accompanying letter asks for comments on the proposal that the DoH should procure all seasonal flu vaccine for the seasonal flu immunisation programme. You can submit a response here. These proposals do not affect the 2011/12 flu immunisation season. The consultation closes on 17 August 2011.

Governance of Consortia Guidance

The GPC has produced this guidance putting forward examples of possible models for the governance of consortia and advising that, as a minimum, specialists should be involved in the design of patient pathways.