There are several QOF indicators that have a time limitation for achievement. If this time period is missed there is nothing that can be done to gain the QOF points for those patients. 

These indicators are as follows. 

  • Asthma (AST011) - Spirometry and one other objective test between 3 months before or 6 months after diagnosis (if diagnosis on or after 1 April 2023) OR within 6 months of registration (If newly registered with a diagnosis on or after 1 April 2023 but no record of objective tests being performed at the date of registration).
  • Cancer (CAN004) - Cancer care review within 12 months of diagnosis.
  • Cancer (CAN005) - Support discussion within 3 months of diagnosis.
  • COPD (COPD014) - Referral to pulmonary rehabilitation if MRC scale >=3 (excluding those who have previously attended a pulmonary rehabilitation programme).
  • Depression (DEP004) - Depression review within 10-56 days after diagnosis.
  • Diabetes (DM014) - Structured education referral within 9 months of diagnosis.
  • Heart Failure (HF008) - Echo or specialist assessment to confirm a diagnosis in the 6 months before diagnosis (if diagnosis on or after 1 April 2023) OR within 6 months of registration (If newly registered with a diagnosis on or after 1 April 2023 but no record of an echocardiogram or a specialist assessment at the date of registration). 


Ardens Clinical includes a comprehensive suite of QOF Time Sensitive Searches/Reports in both EMIS web and SystmOne to support practices to improve data quality and ensure QOF points are achieved within the required timescales.


Please see the enclosed Support Articles to help support you with this:


EMIS web Time Sensitive Searches

SystmOne Time Sensitive Reports


The Ardens Manager platform can be used to monitor those patients.


You can access the Time Sensitive information via the Ardens Manager QOF 2024/25 Dashboard. Select the Contracts icon, followed by the QOF 2024/25 contract. 



Using Asthma (AST011) as an example select the Respiratory Tab.



Scrolling down will display the AST011 Time Sensitive information.



This will display the numbers of patients where there is still enough time to carry out a review and code those patients correctly for your QOF points.  It also clearly states those patients where the time to carry out the work has expired.

 

You can refer back to your clinical system to identify those patients and review their records accordingly.


Please note the normal Ardens Manager features (trends, local targets, assign, comments) apply to these reports.


If you require any further assistance on the process above, please contact the Ardens Manager Support Team on: [email protected]