QOF Plus Year 1 - Imperial College London

Impact on health inequalitiesPoverty is the most frequently and persistently noted risk factor for child abuse, and is has alsobeen identified as a risk factor for abuse of vulnerable adults. Including indicators relating toprotection of children and vulnerable adults will contribute to safeguarding of children andvulnerable adults from disadvantaged backgrounds.Health impactPatient safety is integral to achieving positive health outcomes.Workload and training implicationsChild protection training will be an integral aspect of delivery of these indicators. Training relatingto vulnerable adults will also support indicator delivery.Some practices will need PCT health informatics support to implement a child protection flaggingsystem.There will be administrative workload implications associated with these indicators.Significant event analysis training may be required by some practices to move toward a moreuniform standard of practice across the PCT. For details of the proposed training package see section 14.3.10 (p99).ReferencesBowie P, Pringle M (2008) Significant Event Analysis Guidance for Primary Care Teams. NationalPatient Safety AgencyDepartment of Health and Home Office (2000) No secrets: guidance on developing and implementingmulti-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse. LondonLuce, R (2007) Safeguarding children and young people in general practice: A toolkit NSPCC and RCGPChild Protection Annual Report 2006/7 (2007) Hammersmith and Fulham PCTSocial Services Department, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (2006) Inter-agency policyand procedures for the protection of vulnerable adults. London90