General Practitioners

Health written question – answered at on 6 March 2014.

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Photo of Virendra Sharma Virendra Sharma Labour, Ealing, Southall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what clinical targets will remain within general practice to help identify and manage patients with high risk factors of (a) cardiovascular disease and (b) high cholesterol and HbA1C levels.

Photo of Jane Ellison Jane Ellison The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for 2014-15 includes the following indicators relating to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus:

five indicators on the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD)-CHD 001, 002, 007, 005 and 006; three indicators on peripheral arterial disease (PAD)-PAD 001, 002 and 004; five indicators on stroke and transient ischaemic attack (STIA)-STIA 001, 008, 003, 009 and 007; one indicator on cardiovascular disease-primary prevention-CVD-PP001; and four indicators on diabetes mellitus (DM) cholesterol and HbAlC-DM 004, 007, 008 and 009.

A summary of changes to QOF 2014-15 in England can be found at:

www.nhsemployers.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/2014_15_Summary_of_QOF_changes_mh141113.pdf

This gives a full description of each indicator.

These indicators cover five of the clinical domains of the QOF and include secondary prevention of CHD, PAD, stroke and CVD primary prevention and together equate to 22% of the total QOF indicators.

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