IIn this, the fifth article in our series on the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), we review how to score top points for diabetes. This is an area that has been managed almost wholly in Primary Care for many years. Virtually all practices now have a diabetes clinic, which generally has extensive nurse involvement – with many being nurse-led. Practices are doing extremely well in this area and many are achieving a very high percentage of points. Figures for practices in England showed that on average they scored 93.2% of the QOF points for diabetes. This article offers some pointers on how to keep up the good work.
