Respiratory System: Health Services

(asked on 15th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is in place for primary care on the provision of routine care to respiratory patients.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 22nd December 2020

The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for 2020/21 has been revised to release capacity within general practice to focus efforts upon the identification and prioritisation of people at risk of poor health and those who experience health inequalities for proactive review including:

- Those most vulnerable to harm from COVID-19; evidence suggests that this includes patients from black, Asian and ethnic minority groups and those from the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods nationally;

- Those at risk of harm from poorly controlled long-term condition parameters; and

- Those with a history of missing annual reviews.

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