What do the recent CQC reports mean for you?

What do the recent CQC reports mean for you?

There has been a lot of noise around the Care Quality Commission including the key reports by Dr Penny Dash and Sir Mike Richards. Key concerns were identified about the Single Assessment Framework (SAF) and its application: the way in which the SAF is described is...
Updated guidance on the use of NHSNoReply

Updated guidance on the use of NHSNoReply

The updated National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) guidance aims to reduce the number of SMS Sender IDs used across the NHS, to ensure the sender ID reflects the service the patient is using and reduce the risk of bounce-back messages. On behalf of NCSC, please can all...
Apprenticeships in General Practice

Apprenticeships in General Practice

It seems you’ve missed us offering apprenticeships in general practice almost as much as we have – thank you for the great response following our re-launch and overview webinar last month. There has been a big push around apprenticeships and these are, once...
QOF Heart Failure Register Codes 2024

QOF Heart Failure Register Codes 2024

In the latest release of accepted QOF register codes, the NYHA (New York Heart Association) codes have been removed from the HF subset so are no longer recognised QOF codes. The codes no longer included are: 420300004 – New York Heart Association Classification...
2nd shingles vaccine not picked by CQRS

2nd shingles vaccine not picked by CQRS

A question we often get asked so one worth highlighting. This is an automated claim, however, the timing of the 2nd vaccine is 6-12 months following the first. The rule looks for 186 days between the vaccines – if you gave the first vaccine on the 6th January...