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to note the verbal report.
Paper T
LLR PCT Cluster Board Meeting
12 January 2012
LCCCG/11/156 Annual Quality Review Process 2011/12 Progress
Report
Ms Sue Lock presented an update on the AQR process
which will run from October 2011 to July 2012 (Paper V).
The AQR process is now in its third year for the City.
Practices are visited and a wide range of issues
discussed within five key domain areas; patient safety,
clinical effectiveness, patient experience, governance
and practice culture and engagement. The review allows
a subjective assessment to be made of the practice’s
quality of service and level of governance. Practices are
rated within one of three levels. The next round of AQR
visits has commenced. A key role of the CCG is to
improve quality of services and Ms Lock undertook to
bring a report to the CCG Board each month to report on
trends, common themes that may need to be addressed
and good practice that can be shared. All information
presented to the board will be anonymous. The majority
of practices are doing very well. This process is about
supporting those practices that need extra help and
guidance and should be a positive experience and
process. Ms Lock will revisit and reissue the terms of
reference for the AQR visits.
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It was RESOLVED
- to note the progress made to date
- to revisit and reconfirm the terms of reference.
LCCCG/11/157 Prescribing and Medicines Management Update
Dr Paul Danaher presented a progress report on
resource, function, activity, achievements and next steps
for the prescribing and medicines management function
(Paper W).
The team went through a period of having some vacant
posts but recruitment is taking place and the team should
be strengthened shortly. It is expected that there will be
additional support for the Prescribing Incentive Scheme
in terms of getting the budget in place. Dr Khong and Dr
Bentley requested that should there be surplus
prescribing funds available, these be given to practices in
quarter 4 to undertake a review of their prescribing. They
believed there is now an increased range of prescribing
management software systems available and it would be
useful to trial these. Dr Danaher undertook to look into
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