Quality of Care in General Practice

The quality of services provided by family doctors and other staff in general practice in England will come under the microscope following the announcement today of a major 18-month inquiry from The King’s Fund.The inquiry comes at a key time in the reform of general practice and will examine and collect evidence on the quality of care provided to patients. Despite the introduction of the Quality and Outcomes Framework that has provided incentives to general practice to improve the quality of patient care through performance-related pay, the majority of the focus on quality has been concentrated on hospital services rather than general practice.

Published April 2009