QOF Plus Year 1 - Imperial College London

Patient informationDelivery of these indicators should ideally be supported by training for health professionals whichequips them to empower people with long term conditions and their carers in self management(e.g. motivational interviewing, behaviour change training).A significant number of practices may need access to training for at least one member of thepractice team to be able to update the NHS choices websiteProposed training resource(s)Training CoursesIt is proposed that primary care practitioners have access to training in enhancedcommunication skills. This may include training in motivational interviewing skills andbehaviour change and in approaches such as neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and thecognitive behavioural model (an approach based on cognitive behaviour therapy andadapted for use in primary care.)Guidelines for updating information on NHS ChoicesThese guidelines provide step by step information and instructions for practices formaintaining and updating their practice profile on the NHS choices website.http://www.iscms.nhs.uk/pbe/GPGuidance.pdf97