This page will keep up to date with issues relating to the new GMS contract. Details of new audits & Read codes relevant to collecting data for the quality & outcomes framework will appear here.

NVUG Clinical Audits

There are several Clinical Audits available in the Member's only section of the site which can help with the Quality & Outcomes framework.

InPS Clinical Audits & Guidelines

New Guidelines to support data entry for the New Contract are now available on the InPS website. 

The New Contract audits are being regularly updated - see the InPS website for details and check for audit updates prior to running Clinical Audit generation.

The latest versions of Clinical Audits for QMAS reporting are shown below.

As the QMAS audits work from the fixed date of the 1st of April (2005) some of the audit lines will contain no data until we draw nearer to the fixed date. CHD10 for example " eligible patients with CHD currently treated with a B-blocker" for example only looks for eligible patients prescribed a B-blocker in the six moths prior to the cut off date of 1st April so prior to October this will show zero patients.

To help keep track of target progress InPS have made available a second set of audits which work as previously to a cut off date of the end of the previous month. These can be downloaded from the InPS site .See the excellent help file which accompanies these audits for audit criteria & Read codes.

nGMS Spreadsheets

Mark Goodwin & Matt Bradstock-Smith have redesigned their spreadsheets to work with the new audits. Click here for contact details.

Read Codes

The definitive Read codes and  rules for the new contract Q&O framework (25/08/04) are available in a Pdf document here (R click and save target as). Recent ammendments are available in a Pdf document here. (R click and save target as)

Prefixes and Keywords for the New Contract - a PowerPoint presentation by Tom Davies to accompany his Read formulary. See Read Formulary in the Member's section of the site.