Members of the Primary Care Commissioning Committee are asked to: Consider the Primary Care Assurance Framework and the NHS England and CCG reporting arrangements. Agree to receive a quarterly Local Quality Group update. Purpose This report describes how NHS England and the CCG will assess the quality of primary care in Northumberland and identify practices that may require support to improve the delivery of services. Background In April 2013, NHS England published the Medical Services Assurance ‘Primary Framework. The policy supported NHS England in the delivery of a single operating model and enabled local teams to respond to local issues. The system comprises high level indicators, supported by outcome standards which are a set of measurable indicators for general practice. An annual declaration by practices is published on the Primary Care Web Tool which is available to practices, NHS England and the CCG. is a need to ensure that a robust process exists for monitoring the performance of general practice and the associated policy (Appendix 1) has been reviewed and re-issued. Process The process encompasses the following phases: Intelligence gathering phase collating information from the following teams: The NHS England contracting. Nursing and Quality. Public Health. CCG. CQC Healthwatch.
Members of the Primary Care Commissioning Committee are asked to: Consider the Primary Care Assurance Framework and the NHS England and CCG reporting arrangements. Agree to receive a quarterly Local Quality Group update. Purpose This report describes how NHS England and the CCG will assess the quality of primary care in Northumberland and identify practices that may require support to improve the delivery of services. Background In April 2013, NHS England published the ‘Primary Medical Services Assurance Framework. The policy supported NHS England in the delivery of a single operating model and enabled local teams to respond to local issues. The system comprises high level indicators, supported by outcome standards which are a set of measurable indicators for general practice. An annual declaration by practices is published on the Primary Care Web Tool which is available to practices, NHS England and the CCG. is a need to ensure that a robust process exists for monitoring the performance of general practice and the associated policy (Appendix 1) has been reviewed and re-issued. Process The process encompasses the following phases: Intelligence gathering phase collating information from the following teams: The NHS England contracting. Nursing and Quality. Public Health. CCG. CQC Healthwatch.
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