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 | Primary Care Data Lead person: Clare Humphreys |
General Medical Services (GMS) Data - QOF |
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Other Primary Care Resources |
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| The vast majority of NHS patient encounters occur in primary care healthcare settings. Data collected during those encounters sit in thousands of separate databases (mainly GP practice systems) around the country. This is a pity because the way in which primary care data are recorded means that much more detail about the health status of patients (observations, investigation findings, diagnoses, treatments and outcomes), is recorded than in any other healthcare setting. Furthermore the opportunities for capturing data means that in an aggregated form the data set should be able to give as complete a picture about the health of the national population as it is conceivably possible to get. |
| This topic page is intended to provide information on and links to QOF (Quality Outcomes Framework) data and analysis and other sources of primary care data. |
| The report below gives a good overview of primary care data sources: |
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A user's guide to data collected in primary care in England .
Published: Sep 05
Author: Shamini Gnani and Azeem Majeed |
If you have any comments about the content of this topic page or have any resources that you would like to be considered for inclusion, please contact our Primary Care data lead, Clare Humphreys. |
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