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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Exclusive: GPs will be forced to conduct nine separate checks in each patient with diabetes under Department of Health plans to create a single diabetes QOF indicator worth over ?5,000, Pulse can reveal.
The DH is also pushing for a change in thresholds along with the ?composite indicator', which would include HbA1c, cholesterol, blood pressure and foot checks, in an attempt to boost achievement in the routine assessment of patients with diabetes.
The move comes after a national audit suggested only half of patients with diabetes were receiving all nine checks ? a result described as ?appalling' by patient groups.
But the findings of the National Diabetes Audit for 2010/11, published last month, have been plunged into controversy after the GPC filed a complaint over the data used in the audit.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/main-co...ndle-diabetes-qof-indicators-worth-over-5-000
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The DH is also pushing for a change in thresholds along with the ?composite indicator', which would include HbA1c, cholesterol, blood pressure and foot checks, in an attempt to boost achievement in the routine assessment of patients with diabetes.
The move comes after a national audit suggested only half of patients with diabetes were receiving all nine checks ? a result described as ?appalling' by patient groups.
But the findings of the National Diabetes Audit for 2010/11, published last month, have been plunged into controversy after the GPC filed a complaint over the data used in the audit.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/main-co...ndle-diabetes-qof-indicators-worth-over-5-000
(free registration required)
