Diabetes
(asked on 2nd February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Quality and Outcomes Framework, how much GPs have received in remuneration for assessing nerve damage and poor blood supply to the feet in people with diabetes in each of the last three years.
General practitioners (GPs) can receive remuneration for foot examinations on people with diabetes through one Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) indicator. This indicator changed in 2013/14, with the full details below.
Over the three years from 2011/12 to 2013/14, GP practices received approximately £12.5 million for their achievement against these indicators.
These are estimates, as the actual payment received by each practice for each QOF point will depend on the size and complexity of its registered population.
Year | Indicator | Total QOF points achieved | Average payment per point (£) | Indicative total payment (£ million) |
2011/12 | DM29 | 30,371.59 | 130.51 | 4.0 |
2012/13 | DM29 | 30,172.07 | 133.76 | 4.0 |
2013/14 | DM012 | 28,641.09 | 156.92 | 4.5 |
Total |
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| 12.5 |
Sources: Health and Social Care Information Centre; Statement of Financial Entitlement (2011, 2012 and 1013)
Details of indicators:
DM012: The percentage of patients with diabetes, on the register, with a record of a foot examination and risk classification: 1) low risk (normal sensation, palpable pulses), 2) increased risk (neuropathy or absent pulses), 3) high risk (neuropathy or absent pulses plus deformity or skin changes in previous ulcer) or 4) ulcerated foot within the preceding 12 months.
DM29: The percentage of patients with diabetes with a record of a foot examination and risk classification: 1) low risk (normal sensation, palpable pulses), 2) increased risk (neuropathy or absent pulses), 3) high risk (neuropathy or absent pulses plus deformity or skin changes in previous ulcer) or 4) ulcerated foot within the preceding 15 months.