GP practices have increased their achievements on the Quality and Outcomes Framework, with an average score of 96.8% in England and 98.2% in Scotland in 2007/8.
The figures published in England and Scotland today show that practices in England achieved an average of 968 points, 96.8% of the 1000 points available, compared with an average of 95.5% in 2006/7.
A total of 623 practices (7.5%) achieved the maximum score of 1000 points, compared with 5.1% in 2006/7.
In the organisational domain, practices achieved 93.8% of the points available on records and information indicators and 94.6% of the points available for indicators for information for patients.
Dr Richard Vautrey, deputy chairman of the BMA’s General Practitioner Committee, said the results were good news for patients.
He added: “GPs and their staff should feel proud of what they have achieved. What’s more, the QOF means that patients are getting a very high standard of treatment no matter where they live and the gap between those in the most and least deprived areas is narrowing year on year.”
A detailed breakdown of results for every PCT and practice in England are available on the NHS Information Centre’s website.
Tim Straughan, its chief executive, said: “By putting the results of every practice online, The NHS Information Centre is working to make more information about primary care services easily available to patients and the public.”
In Scotland practices achieved an average of 982.2 points, up from 971.2 points in 2006/7. The biggest improvement in achievement for 2007/08 compared with 2006/07 was for indicators on depression, where practices achieved 94.9% of the points available compared with 84.8% in 2006/07.
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