Clinical Governance Education Issues

Practice CG Leads Meetings
2008
BEDFORD – Riverfield Drive 12.30-2.30pm	SILSOE–1pm-3pm	Notes from meetings:
Wednesday 12 March 08 Minutes from meetings	Tuesday 11 March 08	Mental Capacity Act forms Independent Mental Capacity Advocate IMCA referral form MCA Media Guide MCA Update Mental Capacity Act Overview MCA Best interests assessment Reporting Medical Device Related Adverse Incidents National COPD audit 084 telephone numbers Emergency Admissions reduction project Dr Foster CRS process QOF post payment verification process
Wednesday 18 June 2008	Tuesday 17 June 2008	Bowel Cancer screening programme presentation cytopathology SEA re complaint to HCC 2008 CG Lead QOF Update June 08 BPCT bowel cancer projections EoE may 08 Consultation paper on future regulation april 08 minutes of meeting 17 18 June 08 GP Appraisal Annual Report 07 08 QOF Annual Report June 08
Wednesday 19 November 2008	Tuesday 18 November 2008
Wednesday 19 March 2009	Tuesday 18 March 2009

2007
BEDFORD Riverfield Drive	AMPTHILL Steppingley Hospital	INFORMATION
Wednesday 13 June 07	Tuesday 12 June 07
Wednesday 19 September 07 Minutes of meeting	Tuesday 18 September 07	presentations are included in sections below
Wednesday 12 December 07 Minutes of meeting	Tuesday 11 December 07	Developing cardiovascular risk registers Advice (Quick Tip) NHS Comparators presentation Contact Point (new database of children’s information) Other QOF presentations are included in QOF section below

Clinical Governance Information

Guide to Clinical Governance	Clinical Audit
Clinical Effectiveness	Clinical Audit & Project Management
Caldicott Guidance	Risk Management
Palliative Care Clinical Governance Update Sept 2007 (presentation Dr William Hollington) DRAFT Advance Care Plan Example of a death administration form for practice use	National Patient Safety Agency - being open when patients are harmed
Standards for Better Health – Practice Audit Form	Performance Policy May 2008
CG guidance Sept 08	Standards for Better Health for Independent Contractors final Results S4BH Qual Schedule GPs

Quality and Outcome Framework

The QOF Clinical Indicator guide (‘brown book’)

The ‘business rules‘ that apply to the Read codes for the various QOF areas are detailed here

Search here to find out QOF achievements practice by practice.

Bedfordshire PCT has issued the following guidance about clinical areas within the Quality and Outcome Framework

Working with changes to QoF 08_09_6handouts
QOF 07 - 08	CKD presentation (Dr Munno)
Local Clarification of QOF Indicators Sept 07 update + MH9 Guidance attached
SEA form for QOF Format A	SEA form for QOF Format B
QOF Update 11^th & 12^th December 07	Medication Reviews – room for review
Local Clarification QOF December 2007	Dementia & Mental health review codes Dec 07

NICE Guidance

Summary of Primary Care NICE guidance June-October 2006	Summary Primary Care NICE guidance Nov 2006
Summary Primary Care NICE guidance Dec 06-Feb 2007	Summary Primary Care NICE guidance March -May 2007
Summary Primary Care NICE guidance June 2007	Summary of NICE guidance July - August 2007

(Click here for the full NICE guidelines).

Prescribing Information

Information shown below is informal feedback, and does not necessarily represent prescribing policy of Bedford Hospital, or Horizon.

Update Horizon Prescribing Meeting March 2008 Shared Care Protocol Methotrexate Shared Care Protocol Sulphasalazine
Primary Care feedback from Bedford Hospital Drug and Therapeutics Committee July 2007	Information on new Diabetic Drug: Exenatide 2007
Primary Care feedback from Bedford Hospital Drug and Therapeutics Committee September 2007	Primary Care Feedback from Bedford Hospital Drug and Therapeutics Committee October 2007

Research Governance

What is Research Governance?	Research Governance and Indemnity for GPs
Primary Care Research Network Newsletter October 2007

Significant Event Audit

SEA form for QOF Format A	SEA form for QOF Format B

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