QOF Plus Year 1 - Imperial College London

Degree of perceived professional consensusThere is strong support for the principle of improving data quality from professional organisationsincluding the BMA and the RCGP.Degree of perceived support from patients and carersThis is strong support from a range of patient and carer organisations locally and nationally.Impact on health inequalitiesHigh quality data will allow better monitoring of health inequalities across a PCT that is known tohave a diverse ethnic and socio-economic population mix, and will allow better service planningand commissioning, and identification of education and training needs.Health impactThe provision of high standard care can only be measured if the data is recorded accurately, andconversely high quality data can be used to improve clinical care, particularly with respect tohealth promotion and disease prevention.61