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Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Monday, 13 May 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 May 2013. It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Monday, 20 May 2013 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Diabetes

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to issue quality and outcome framework targets to GPs for diabetes screening.

[155377]

Answer

The national Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a voluntary incentive scheme that provides additional reward to general practitioner (GP) practices for how well they care for patients based on performance against a number of agreed indicators.

Since 2004, GPs have been paid incentives for providing the nine basic checks on people with diabetes. Performance and patient care has improved considerably as a result of this.

The latest list of indicators is available here:

http://www.nhsemployers.org/Aboutus/Publications/Documents/gof-2013-14.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
155377; 563 c557W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Diabetes Screening
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk